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Health authorities are scrambling to identify people deemed to be close contacts with two confirmed Covid-19 cases.

Two sisters travelling from Britain were allowed to drive from Auckland to… Audio

National's new leader Todd Muller has laid out how he intends to steer the National Party towards the general election just three months away.

Speaking on his home turf at the Te Puna Rugby Clubrooms… Audio

The son of a National Party MP has been ordered to pay more than $4000 after being convicted for the ill-treatment of dairy cows on a farm he ran near Eketehuna.

Sharemilker Tony Kuriger admitted in… Video, Audio

The Auckland light rail project looks dead in the water with coalition partner New Zealand First refusing to back it before the election.

The National Party says the Government has broken a key… Audio

The true extent of Kiwis in insecure housing was exposed during the Covid 19 response leading to calls for a national homelessness strategy and to make housing a legal right. Audio

The National Party is distancing itself from the controversial "Strike Force Raptor" proposal it floated last year, now saying it would not direct the police to set up such a unit.

The opposition had… Audio

The National Party has just announced it would create a $100-million tourism fund if elected later this year.

The fund, which would be run by a board appointed by the Tourism Minister, would require… Audio

Effective contact tracing is critical to keep on top of Covid-19, but it appears New Zealand has a two-tier system.

Two of country's biggest public health units are refusing to use the government's… Audio

Two of the country's biggest public health units are refusing to use the government's national contact tracing system and experts are warning this makes it harder to control a future outbreak of… Audio

New Zealanders have been given a glimpse of Alert Level One - their efforts under lockdown finally bearing fruit - near normality on the horizon.

But for many, it hasn't come quick enough - the… Audio

The Panel is joined by Tim Watkin, who has written a piece for Pundit on the challenges ahead for Todd Muller. Audio

The National Party is raising further questions about whether refugee journalist Behrouz Boochani should have been allowed into New Zealand in the first place.

Boochani, who spent six years in… Audio

Meanwhile, the backbone of New Zealand's economy, small businesses, will need a jump start to help the country's economy get moving again - that is something both government and the opposition agree… Audio

National's promising hundreds of millions of dollars in cash hand outs - for business at least - if it gets elected come September.

It will give $10,000 to employers for each new worker they hire -… Video, Audio

Race is unwittingly becoming an issue following new National leader Todd Muller's recent reshuffle.  Audio

The National party leader, Todd Muller, has spent the morning in Katikati, on his first public walkabout since taking up his new role on Friday.

Mr Muller toured Apata Group Limited, a small business… Audio

The Opposition has sought to drive a wedge between the Greens and their government partners, saying they've once again been forced to swallow a dead rat.

The Government pushed a proposed law through… Audio

The Government has launched a new plan aimed at stopping the thousands of seabird deaths that happen from commercial fishing each year. More seabirds breed in New Zealand waters than anywhere else in… Audio

A project to lay down a domestic submarine internet cable has been completed in Papua New Guinea. The viability of the project remains uncertain. Audio

Māori National MPs say the party's list and shadow cabinet are selected on ability not skin tone and they're happy with their rankings.

There's been criticism of new leader Todd Muller's rejig of the… Video, Audio

The Panel discusses Todd Muller's first performance as National's new leader in Question Time.  Audio

The lack of diversity of the National Party's top team is raising eyebrows, and even a eliciting a modicum of mockery.

While three out of the top ranked MPs are women, there are no Maori MPs on the… Audio

Only a few days into the job and already new National Party leader Todd Muller is discovering how combustible the top role can be.

Instead of being able to focus on a Covid-19 ravaged economy, he has… Audio

The new National Party Leader Todd Muller has been criticised this week for putting only white faces on his re-jigged front bench. 

The highest ranked Māori MP in his caucus is former Deputy leader… Audio