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The government has put aside $2.9 million to continue providing period products in schools.

Children are being asked whether they support the free school lunches scheme in an online poll, and with voting booths at an Auckland market this weekend.

The words "grant the visas" have been painted on the walls of Christopher Luxon's electorate office in Auckland.

Analysis: The NZ First leader dropped a problem on his own government and then got into a bizarre row, Peter Wilson writes.

More than 400 jobs could go as the Ministry for Primary Industries and the Ministry of Health look to cut their budgets.

No students have been stood down or suspended after Thursday's controversial haka in front of ACT leader David Seymour.

Health researchers said there was ample international and New Zealand evidence to back up the policy.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has been recognised for her achievements with speeches and waiata in Parliament.

Evicting more people from state housing is ignorant to the consequences of poverty, the Greens say, but the Housing Minister says it's a privilege that can be taken away if abused.

The housing and finance ministers have sent a letter demanding Kāinga Ora replace the Sustaining Tenancies Framework.

The Detail - The early childhood education sector is the first target of David Seymour's red tape attack with day care centre owners swamped by rules welcoming the change.

A sector that's had rules piled upon it is welcoming moves to cut the red tape
 

A haka directed at ACT Leader David Seymour was a legitimate form of protest, one student says.

"It would be unwise to bother," Andrew Hoggard told councils this week, but he says he was misunderstood.

A tikanga and haka expert says spitting is "quite common", and that the school needs to have a hui on the meaning of haka and how to utilise it.

Students performed a haka as the ACT MP went to leave the school, with one spitting at his feet once they finished.

David Seymour, who previously criticised the "gravy train" of funding, says the coalition is crystal clear this is the operators' last chance.

Dave Letele's foodbank is in crisis after funding cuts, but he's got a plan to help people in a different way.

A dozen school and early childhood sector groups have asked the prime minister to retain funding for the free school lunch scheme, Ka Ora Ka Ako.

Analysis - Christopher Luxon's unapologetic response when asked about his government's use of urgency suggests they may continue to push laws through without the usual checks and balances. Audio

A haka incorporating barbs aimed at the Government has rekindled a decades old debate over sport and politics.

Luxon says at this point he does not believe the ACT leader has contravened the law.