Stories by Anneke Smith

Money pledged toward weapons for Ukraine would be better spent on humanitarian relief the Green Party says.

Legislation that will see a radical overhaul of New Zealand's current workplace laws has passed its first reading.

It took the government more than five months to approve the final eligibility criteria for money set aside for crime victims out of Budget 2021.

The police operation set up to respond to the illegal occupation at Parliament has cost taxpayers more than $430,000.

A Linton soldier charged with espionage is applying for a chance to argue access to highly-classified information held by the NZSIS.

The ACT Party and Te Paati Māori are at odds over who is stoking division when it comes to co-governance.

Covid-19 restrictions look set to be relaxed in the coming weeks as the Omicron outbreak plateaus and the border begins to reopen.

Opposition parties across the political spectrum have given the government a 'fail' grade over its temporary fuel tax cuts. Audio

An international affairs expert says New Zealand's tailored approach to further sanctions on Russia is a strategic move.

Kainga Ora's board chair Vui Mark Gosche told RNZ he felt "greatly let down" about the cover up he first heard about through the Minister of Housing Megan Woods.

Not a cent of a new $3 million fund for victims of serious crimes has been spent despite applications opening up seven months ago.

Political pressure is mounting on the government to move faster on easing border restrictions as the domestic outbreak escalates.

Party Leader David Seymour has called for a cost-benefit analysis of Covid-19 interventions, saying the current settings are a "mish-mash of rules that don't make sense".

Former prime minister Jim Bolger says political leaders should "get off their high horses" and meet with those occupying Parliament's lawn.

There could soon be as few as two MPs in Parliament's debating chamber as the Omicron outbreak grows.

The state landlord says it's been warned by other agencies that evicting disruptive tenants would make their work with them "a waste of time".

The National caucus now recognises that a conscience vote is the right approach for the second reading of the bill, new leader Christopher Luxon says.

The government's plan to re-open the border, allowing people to bypass what the prime minister has described as "the anguish of MIQ", is being shot down by the opposition as both too slow and too…

State house tenants who terrorise their neighbours can now be moved on faster after Kāinga Ora changed its complaints process.

A new political poll shows Jacinda Ardern's approval ratings have dropped again, her lowest result since the ratings were first measured in October 2019.

Rapid antigen tests have not been commandeered, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says, but suppliers have been asked to prioritise the government's order.

Two RNZ OIA requests to Kāinga Ora have been declined, but they do show the agency does not centrally record compensation payouts or instances of behaviour that require a police response

It's unclear how businesses will cover a compulsory 24-day leave period for employees who have to isolate because someone they live with has mate korona.

Kāinga Ora has declined a request for the information on the basis it did not centrally record the total amount of compensation paid out for those breaches.

Northlanders have expressed mixed reactions over the government's decision to move Te Tai Tokerau to the 'orange' traffic light setting overnight. Audio