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Political parties are largely unfazed by the results of the latest 1 News Verian poll, which showed a slight boost for the government, but small dips for the opposition parties.

Parliament’s urgent debate on the recent ferry grounding was a rollicking ride, and you might say the Speaker was to blame.

The results would see the coalition government retain its hold on power.

Winston Peters says the party disagrees with allowing the inquiry to continue as-is and with its current chair who, he says, risks a perception of bias.

Power Play - A boost in Pharmac funding will go a long way to rebuilding the dent in National's credibility and trust, but the damage could have been avoided in the first place.

The government has confirmed $604m in extra Pharmac funding, to cover "up to 54" new medicines including 26 cancer treatments.

The ACT Party leader says NZ previously got by just fine with fewer public servants.

Analysis - The PM's plane breaks down, but Luxon tries to keep things rolling, while MPs face tough questions at home, Peter Wilson writes.

Cabinet ministers will consider a major cash injection for Pharmac after backlash from cancer patients, RNZ understands.

There is a danger cancer patients are being overlooked in the political points-scoring that has arisen, David Seymour says. Audio

But figures show Year 13 students only attend school 50 percent of the time.

Provisional data shows 62 percent of children attended school regularly in the first 10 weeks of the school year.

A GP says women are facing serious physical and mental harm as the shortage of HRT drugs reaches emergency level. Audio

Everyone seemed to agree the allegations of census information misused for political purposes were serious - serious enough for the PM to launch an independent inquiry on top of official…

The coalition is promising to reverse Labour's blanket speed limit reductions by July next year.

The reported complaints are not representative of the party as a whole, ACT leader says. Audio

Only a fraction of pupils met the government benchmark for attendance in all four terms of 2023, new figures reveal. Audio

Seymour on Sunday addressed ACT's 'Change Makers' rally, casting it as a victory lap for ACT's entry into government.