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The bill will be up for consultation at the Select Committee stage once the bill has its first reading. The legislation is expected to be passed next year, and come into effect on 1 July.

The government says the National Party's Covid-19 business plan is economically illiterate, while others say it puts Māori, Pacific people and other vulnerable communities at risk. Audio

National's reopening plan would also see areas with 70 percent vaccination and no Covid-19 move to level 1, with temporary tax cuts and industry-specific support.

The battle for equal pay started 125 years ago and it's not over yet. A new campaign, Mind The Gap, hopes to address some of the issues. 

In today's sports news - Former test cricket umpire Fred Goodall dies, unvaccinated tennis players unlikely to be allowed into Australia, Phoenix women name two more players, Arsenal sneak a draw.

National and the government have worked together to design new housing density rules that would allow three homes three storeys tall without a consent.

Firefighters who say they are being exposed to cancer-causing asbestos have issued a safety notice against their employer.

Around 1000 elective surgeries have been cancelled each week since the start of the current Covid-19 outbreak.

New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion is on a winning streak in Europe, celebrating her second major cinema prize there in just over a month.

The national polytechnic is making partnership with Māori the top priority for the nation's 16 polytechnics and institutes of technology.

At least half of the funding is promised to Pacific Island nations on the frontline of the global climate change crisis. Audio

Texas Republicans have passed a very conservative agenda this year, including new laws that make it more difficult to vote, all but ban abortion, and do away with the need for a permit to carry a…

The spillover effect of China Evergrande Group's debt problems on the banking system is controllable, a central bank official says.

Analysis - Auckland's outlook is bleak as cases surge and the government starts preparing for worst-case scenarios, Peter Wilson writes.

Retirement village operator Arvida is to buy a group of privately owned villages in a major expansion of its business.

Among today's Covid-19 developments: Details on how the health system will cope with more coronavirus, new cases hit 71, the deputy PM issues a warning over gatherings at home in level 3 and vaccine…

The number of New Zealanders eligible for legal aid has plummeted from an estimated 1.2 million in 2007 to 400,000.

Some of the country's biggest businesses have been granted an exemption to import and introduce rapid antigen tests for Covid-19 on work sites. Audio

The plan for people with Covid-19 to isolate at home suggests the government believes the spread is wider than had been thought, epidemiologist Rod Jackson says. Audio