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National MP Sam Uffindell's past is being put under the microscope following allegations made by a former flatmate when he was at Otago University. The woman told RNZ he was an aggressive bully who… Audio

The National Party believes new legislation empowering courts to ban criminals from accessing firearms will be a "complete flop".

Party police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says his party supports the… Audio

National leader Christopher Luxon says he feels for the victim of Sam Uffindell's attack while at Kings College in the past. 

He told Checkpoint he believes Uffindell is genuinely contrite, but said… Video, Audio

National's newest MP has admitted he physically and mentally hurt other students while he was at school.

Sam Uffindell was kicked out of King's College 22 years ago after beating a 13-year-old in a… Audio

The National party leader Christopher Luxon has just fronted media over the revelations about the Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell. Sam Uffindell was kicked out of Auckland's King's College when he was 16… Audio

The latest One News / Kantar political poll released last night suggests the National and ACT parties could govern together if support remains the same during the next election.

Labour and National… Audio

Another MP and another headache for the National Party over its candidate selection.

It's newest MP in Tauranga, Sam Uffindell, has admitted he was kicked out of his boarding school as a teenager for… Audio

The latest One News/Kantar political poll released last night suggests National and ACT could govern together if support remains the same during the next election.

Labour and National were down two… Audio

National and ACT can form a government on their own according to the latest 1News Kantar Public Poll.

However both National and Labour have dropped slightly in their popularity.

RNZ political editor… Video, Audio

It has been revealed the National Party's newest MP was asked to leave a prestigious boarding school, after a night-time attack on a younger boy. Audio

Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni discusses unemployment numbers with Lisa Owen.

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National and Labour are trading blows over young beneficiaries after Christopher Luxon revealed the number of under-25-year-olds on a jobseekers allowance has jumped 50 percent in the past five years… Audio

Youth advocates are warning the National Party's welfare plan risks worsening the stress and mental health challenges young people face... while pushing them deeper into poverty.

At the weekend… Audio

The Green Party says sanctions against beneficaries do not encourage young people out of work back into employment.

A new approach from the National Party involves helping those who have been on the… Audio

National's proposal for allocating job coaches to beneficiaries aged under twenty-five has found an upbeat response in at least one of the organisations that helps young people find their career… Audio

The National Party is starting the new week with a new party president. Sylvia Wood, an employment relations specialist, was elected to the position yesterday at the annual conference in Christchurch.

RNZ's political editor, Jane Patterson, was at the National Party conference this weekend.

The party unveiled its new welfare policy at the conference, a promise to get young beneficiaries into work.

A National Government will take what it says is a new approach to reducing benefit dependency among young people.

The National Party are particularly keen to do something about the 13,000 under… Audio

The Labour Party says the opposition National Party is "out of touch" after it released its new welfare plan during its national conference at the weekend.

National Party leader Christopher Luxon… Audio

Entire New Zealand communities could have to move to higher ground due to climate change. That was a takeaway from a major government report released by Climate Change Minister James Shaw yesterday… Audio

The government has unveiled its blueprint for dealing with the unavoidable consequences of climate change, including the likelihood whole communities will have to move to higher ground.

The 200-page… Video, Audio

The Cost of Living Payments being deposited into bank accounts from today are not only going to New Zealand tax payers, but also to people living overseas.

The $116 payment is meant to help people in… Audio

National supports closing a political donations loophole, but wants it dealt with separately to legislation already before Parliament.

Cabinet will today consider recommendations about a technicality… Audio