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The ACT party is being accused of dog whistle politics and separatism after releasing its latest policies, aimed at reducing gang-related crime. Audio

The ACT Party wants to strip some gang members of their freedoms, introducing "gang injunction orders" which could ban them from certain areas or activities.

Traffic was disrupted around the country today, with convoys of tractors and utes with dogs on board arriving in dozens of centres around New Zealand, as farmers protested against government…

Analysis - Judith Collins' "Demand the Debate" campaign is picked apart, the first mass vaccination event is announced, and the government offers councils a $2.5b Three Waters sweetener.

Opinion - The argument that a link to violence is a precondition of hate speech regulation is wrong, Eddie Clark argues.

GST sharing, build-to-rent, and a public-private partnership for building houses are among policies the ACT Party is proposing as part of a "deep, structural" reform of housing in New Zealand.

Analysis - The government gives the first indication of what the Covid-19 future holds for Kiwis, a Labour MP breaks ranks with comments about China, the retirement age resurfaces and a second vaccine…

Analysis - The Labour government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic has gone from "go hard and go early" in March last year, to "meh, we'll go whenever", writes Tim Watkin.

Parliament has seen an unusual increase recently in what is usually a rare event... a 13th question

Minister of Māori Development Willie Jackson will be working with representatives of the National Iwi Chairs Forum and engaging with a group of independent legal experts.

Questions on hate speech, assault of children in state care, and reform of water services management have been asked of Ministers at Parliament.

As the government unveils its ambitious new plan for water infrastructure reform, hapū and iwi are worried the move towards centralisation will drown them out.

Power Play - Senior politicians indulged in taunting opponents in the Chamber this afternoon, prompting the Speaker to remark about negative public feedback about question time, Jane Patterson writes.

Opinion - The government does not seem to have a good understanding of its own hate speech law reforms, and ministers' statements suggest it might have a chilling impact on society and political…

The government is under pressure to explain exactly what its proposed new hate speech laws would mean for criminal offending. Audio

The clock is ticking for the government’s proposed new public media entity. The next step is a business case and a new charter being drafted behind closed doors. But RNZ already has a charter that’s…

Opposition parties are condemning the government's plans to make hate speech a criminal offence and to introduce harsher penalties.