Navigation for News Categories
Politics
Politics headlines with summaries.
-
First Wellington charter school set to open
14 Oct 2025Associate Education Minister David Seymour said the charter school was the first for Wellington. Audio
-
Terminally ill patients rank the businesses and agencies worst to deal with
14 Oct 2025Terminally ill patients reflect on their experiences across 14 sectors - from energy providers and insurance companies to employers, gyms, hospitals and rest homes. Audio
-
Which cities will test the new Census data process?
14 Oct 2025Earlier this year the government announced the Census would be replaced with a combination of administrative data and smaller annual surveys.
-
'We really need Māori wards to ensure representation'
14 Oct 2025Two dozen districts have voted to scrap their Māori wards, while 18 voted to keep them.
-
Approval of Luxon and Hipkins dropping significantly - poll
13 Oct 2025The latest 1News Verian poll has Christopher Luxon with an overall approval rating of -14, down from -7 in March. Meanwhile, Chris Hipkins scored +1, still in the positives, but a 15 point drop from a…
-
PM 'very open' to Electoral Commission running local elections
13 Oct 2025Currently, local elections are run by the councils themselves.
-
Watch: Luxon touts results of structured literacy
13 Oct 2025The Education Minister Erica Stanford said the number of students who exceeded expectations in Term 3 was 43 percent.
-
NZ First to withhold support for Gene Tech bill unless major changes
13 Oct 2025Parties agree the laws and regulations governing gene technology need to be modernised, but disagree over what the final bill should look like.
-
'Manipulative': PM and commissioner point finger at unions over mega strike
13 Oct 2025"I think people are getting sick of unions prioritising the politics over patients," Christopher Luxon says. Audio
-
New methane target may need to change again, scientist says
13 Oct 2025The government has slashed the biogenic methane reduction target.
-
Government's cut to methane target a 'missed opportunity'
13 Oct 2025But the Climate Change Minister said the new lower methane target would give farmers certainty and keep the country on track to meet its other climate commitments. Audio
-
Calls for urgent changes as local election turnout tumbles
13 Oct 2025But Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says it people want a say on rates rises, they need to vote. Audio
-
Hospital diagnostic scanners to be replaced in $108 million upgrade
13 Oct 2025Nearly a third of diagnostic scanners in hospitals will be replaced the next three years
-
Global leaders gather for New Zealand's largest ever climate event
13 Oct 2025The Adaptation Futures Conference, recognised as the world's largest and most influential climate adaptation gathering begins in Christchurch today.
-
Farmers welcome government's drop in methane targets
13 Oct 2025Farmers have welcomed the government's new "science-based" biogenic methane targets for 2050. It's dropped the reduction target for biogenic methane from 24 to 47 percent below 2017 levels by 2050,...
-
Government lowers methane target, rules out methane taxes
12 Oct 2025The government is lowering its biogenic methane target for the next 25 years, a move opposed by the Greens and environmental activists.
-
Māori wards and candidates voted out across Taranaki
12 Oct 2025The results are preliminary, as they do not include votes made after Thursday or special votes, but numbers in the government-mandated referendums are not close.
-
Too close to call: Just five votes in race for Kaipara mayoralty
12 Oct 2025Incumbent deputy mayor Jonathan Larsen leads businessman Snow Tane by just five votes.
-
'Shocked and surprised': New Napier mayor Richard McGrath reacts to victory
12 Oct 2025Getting back to the basics, avoiding tangents and bringing the community along with council decisions will be on the agenda, the incoming McGrath says.
-
New Queenstown mayor: It's 'getting our own house in order'
12 Oct 2025Queenstown's new mayor John Glover puts win on third attempt down to "giving people hope, and being authentic," pledges to stay focused on community's wishes.
-
Govt commits to Bill allowing three-day postnatal stay
11 Oct 2025The announcement comes in the wake of warnings maternity services are already overloaded and understaffed.
-
Northland districts' mayoral races on a knife-edge
12 Oct 2025Sixty-seven votes separate the top two candidates in Whangārei and 74 votes in it in Kaipara.
-
Mayoral candidate losing by 324 votes yet to concede defeat
12 Oct 2025Marcus Buddo hasn't conceded the Hastings mayoralty to rival Wendy Schollum yet.
-
Gordon wins third term in Waimakariri
12 Oct 2025Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon is back for a third term after a heated campaign, including social media challenges on the council's debt levels.
Parliament Links
NZ Parliament audio live streamTop News stories
- Mariameno Kapa-Kingi reinstated as a member of Te Pāti Māori in interim High Court ruling
- Hamilton woman Kate Gough avoids jail after sexually assaulting teen boy
- Kim Kardashian’s brain scan shows 'low activity' - a brain expert has questions
- Waikato medical school build begins despite opposition
- Emotional event marks opening of Efeso Collins memorial
