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National wants to establish a police unit to disrupt gangs, tighten border controls to prevent drugs entering the country and expand the use of alcohol and drug courts.

The party's leader Judith… Video, Audio

National is promising to get tough on gangs and youth offenders, as it hit the campaign trail in earnest today.

Leader Judith Collins announced their law and order policy in Taupō today.

She has… Audio

National says it will establish a police unit to disrupt gangs, tighten border controls to prevent drugs entering the country if its elected at the September election.

The party announced its law and… Audio

Emma Mellow has been chosen to be the National Party's new candidate for Auckland Central but admits she will have to work hard to get known in the electorate.

Mellow replaces former Deputy National… Audio

Tonight the National Party has selection Emma Mellow as their candidate to contest the Auckland Central seat at the election.  Audio

The National Party is choosing its candidate for the Auckland Central electorate tonight.

The seat's been held by former National deputy leader Nikki Kaye, who announced she wouldn't seek re-election… Video, Audio

The NZ Community Trust Chamber Music Contest took place over the weekend. Despite having to hold the earlier regional round online through videos recorded by the contestants, Chamber Music New Zealand… Audio

The National Party would spend an extra $20 million over four years protecting women from gynaecological cancer including immediately introducing self-testing for the virus that is a precurser to… Audio

Red Cross says thousands of foreign national visa holders in the country may be living in hardship and unaware of the government's $37 million programme of help. There are 355 thousand foreign… Audio

A scientific model that estimates the likelihood and strength of earthquake shaking in different parts of New Zealand is being revised to reflect the latest research knowledge.

GNS Science is… Audio

The National Party is criticising the government's list of "shovel-ready projects", meant to kickstart the economy, for not generating enough jobs for women.

Many of the projects on the list will… Audio

National Party leader Judith Collins says the party will get its policies independently costed by a group of economists.

Collins told Morning Report there will be further policy announcements before… Audio

Shane Jones says more than 13,000 people have been employed because of investments from the Provincial Growth Fund.

He says a detailed stocktake shows the government has cracked the target of… Audio

For too long climate change has been dealt with by an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff.

That's how Climate Change Minister James Shaw has described the situation as the government released a… Audio

National Party finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith has accused Finance Minister Grant Robertson of downplaying job losses when the wage subsidy ends.

Roberston refused to predict what percentage of… Audio

A research poll has shown that negative views of China are continuing to grow in the U.S. Meanwhile, China's satisfaction with its government continues to grow. China correspondent Nathan van der… Audio

Six more MPs have given farewell speeches at Parliament, reflecting on their years in the job. The House captured some moments from those speeches.  Audio

Three senior National MPs have made their valedictory speeches in Parliament, looking back at the challenges they faced during their tenure.

Nikki Kaye and Amy Adams were elected into Parliament 12… Audio

The latest political poll has done little to boost National's confidence just seven weeks out from an election.

The National Party has dropped six points to 32 in the One News Colmar Brunton poll… Audio

The latest One News Colmar Brunton poll is out and RNZ political reporter Jo Moir joins Lisa Owen with the details. Video, Audio

The government's proposed plan to charge discretionary travellers for mandatory quarantine has divided parliament.

The National Party says it would charge anyone coming into New Zealand $3,000 for… Audio

Three National Party MPs gave their valedictory speeches in Parliament, but not everyone went quietly.

Former Deputy Prime Minister Paula Bennett, Sarah Dowie and Alastair Scott said farewell to the… Audio

National is offering a cash package of up to $30,000 for people who've lost their jobs and want to start their own business - the catch - most of it would come from their own KiwiSaver funds.

Judith… Audio

The National Party has, today, released a plan to get more out of work New Zealanders creating their own businesses. Phil O'Reilly goes over the proposal with The Panel. Audio

The National Party would allow people to tap into their KiwiSavers to start up a new business.

The BusinessStart policy is part of their Covid-19 recovery plan - and would give successful applicants… Audio