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It's time vegetables took centre stage in the New Zealand diet, says the co-founder of the Kiwi company Food Nation. Their plant-based products aren't created to emulate meat, Burdon says, but take… Audio

The National Party is rebuking the government for a pay freeze which it says will hurt teachers, nurses and police officers.

Public servants earning more than $60,000 will only be offered pay… Audio

The National Party wants a vote of no-confidence in the speaker, Trevor Mallard. This follows unruly scenes last night when the speaker used the legal protections of Parliament to defend himself… Audio

Construction on the new Solomon Islands national stadium in Honiara is set to get underway this week as preparations for the 2023 Pacific Games move up a gear. Audio

Cook Island businesses holding out for much needed tourists have now got a repreive with a travel bubble with New Zealand just days away.

It will start on the 17 May, with Air New Zealand offering… Audio

A team of researchers say the Southern DHB should never have been granted permission to join the National Bowel Screening Programme in 2018. An investigation using the Official Information Act found… Audio

Turkey has entered a national lockdown to curb a surge in coronavirus infections and deaths, ahead of the June tourist season.

Alongside the lockdown, is a ban on all alcohol sales for two-and-a-half… Audio

Judith Collins says she's leaving the decision on whether to include the Treaty of Waitangi in the National Party constitution up to members.

Newshub reported on Wednesday the review into the… Audio

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed Tonga National Rugby League's (TNRL) appeal against its expulsion from the global governing body. Audio

The sweeping health reforms outlined today have gone further than what was recommended by the expert panel review of the health and disability sector chaired by Heather Simpson.  Health Minister… Audio

The National Party is defending its role in the Transmission Gully, following a scathing review that found the project was flawed from the get go.

An interim review into the 27km highway has found… Audio

New research on what extremely low birth weight babies need to thrive suggests a need for new national guidelines on the amount of nutrients given in our neonatal units. Audio

With all eyes on what the housing market will do next, National has put up its plan for how to turn the crisis around.

Last month, the government debuted a suite of policies designed to slow… Audio

The National Party wants to force councils to free up land for development in a bid to get more houses built.

The party's proposal would give the government emergency powers modelled on those used to… Audio

In the past 48 hours we've learned two MIQ workers who have contracted Covid-19 have not yet been vaccinated. National's Deputy leader Shane Reti told Nathan Rarere that's not good enough. Audio

The Wellington Regional Council is to ask the Government for a uniform, national fair-pay agreement for all bus drivers and operators.

Currently, such proposals differ depending on the operator and… Audio

The National Party's Covid-19 spokesperson is backing the government's move to temporarily block arrivals from India, although he hopes it will not continue in the medium to long term.

It was… Audio

New Zealand is not only well behind most other countries when it comes to its Covid-19 vaccine rollout, it has also failed to meet its own targets so far.

Opposition parties say the government needs… Audio

The National Party says the trans-Tasman bubble with Australia is long overdue.

Leader Judith Collins wants the government to be quicker in allowing quarantine-free travel from Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.

This weekend VW owners and fans congregate on the Kapiti Coast for the annual Volkswagen Nationals. They're coming from all around the country to celebrate the classic Beetles, Kombis, Variants and… Audio

Every Wednesday - give or take - we introduce you to a first term MP, someone new to parliament and this week it's turn of National Party MP for the North Shore electorate Simon Watts. Audio

National is calling on the government to set a target of vaccinating at least 70 percent of adults against Covid-19.

Ministry of Health officials have previously said that a target could be an… Audio