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A parliamentary committee tasked with keeping a check on regulation has heard how the Regulatory Standards Board would duplicate its role, but without its powers.

Backers of the latest Covid-19 response inquiry say it's crucial for future planning and to give people a say, but media mostly zeroed in on which big-name politicians would show up in six weeks time.

Asked if ACT would back the plan, the prime minister said he would "worry about that down the road". Audio

Libelle, which provides about 125,000 meals a day for the government's revamped school lunch programme, went bust on Tuesday. Audio

The government says it closed a unit aimed at helping fossil fuel workers into new jobs, because the programme did not align with its priorities.

Party leaders are staking clear positions where they have previously tip-toed, as a debate over whether Māori ceded sovereignty flares up. Audio

It was a year in which Aotearoa had three prime ministers, two of them named 'Chris', so the bar was set very high.

Scrutiny of political parties' policies intensified this week - and so did the scrutiny of some candidates for seats in Parliament. When TVNZ reported some election candidates’ controversial past…

IT systems so old and complex they struggle to pay almost half of beneficiaries properly are to be overhauled in a $2 billion-plus makeover by the Ministry of Social Development.

A ministry statement admitting rapid antigen tests in the government's order were already in the country has led to incorrect conclusions, the minister says. Audio

The government is promising to keep spending as and when required to get New Zealand through a recession that's now almost certain. Audio

There has been little annual change in the number of children living in poverty across most measures, but there has been a drop in the number of whānau struggling to provide the basics.

Analysis - A benefit-boosting Budget with a narrow focus written by a majority Labour government has shown up the differences between political parties, writes Peter Wilson.

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…

In today's Focus on Politics podcast Political Reporter Giles Dexter reviews the government's approach to youth crime, and examines what is missing from the debate.

The government's decision to scrap the Covid-19 Protection Framework is reasonable, but it is a mistake to drop mask mandates for public transport, an epidemiologist says.

The National Party has announced a new policy for combating youth crime which would target serious offenders, including sending them to boot camps.

Parties were painted as serial moaners and ‘stuck in the stone-age’ as insults flew thick and fast in the first week back at Parliament.

An entire generation has grown up online with little regulation of their digital world, but this week, there has been a sudden surge of political concern about teenagers - and a bid to ban social…

The government is bowing to pressure from business leaders who want fast acting Covid-19 tests available in workplaces. Audio

The head of Medicines New Zealand says there is a massive gap in medicine funding between here and across the Tasman which is not improving. Audio

Pacific communities expressed a wide range of reactions to the late American conservative commentator, who was killed during a live debate in Utah earlier this month.

New Zealand's Foreign Minister says the Paris Agreement fails to hold the world's biggest emitters accountable. Audio

A historian says the change could make any war crimes harder to prove.

The government is moving to cut when people can enrol to vote, and officials warn it could hit turnout. Meanwhile, the Justice Minister has critcised comments by the ACT leader. Audio