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ACT would restructure social worker jobs, add new requirements for the head of Oranga Tamariki, and power up the children's watchdog if elected.

Serious violent crimes that affect workers would become an aggravating factor in sentencing under the policy.

In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about the Greens' entire manifesto crowded out by coverage of a single law and order tweak from Act . Also a Mediawatch…

The Greens and Te Pāti Māori are warning Labour that ruling out capital gains or wealth taxes could threaten their chances of a coalition deal.

An advocate for children in care, who has experienced abuse in care himself, says the ACT Party's youth justice policy lacks empathy.

The ACT Party says it will put 17 year olds back into the adult justice system, if it is part of a government after the election, reversing a change the party once supported.

Analysis: Health workforce data shows the extent of the problem that this government and the next are facing, National and ACT reject a report which says the country can't arrest its way out of the…

Politicians on the left and right are at odds over a new housing report, but agree that what is really needed is getting more homes built.

A tough approach such as boot camps is ineffective and risks fuelling gang membership, the prime minister's chief science advisor says in a new report. Audio

There are growing calls for the government to overhaul the way young people are cared for in youth justice facilities.

Parties across Parliament seem to agree the funding to keep the Ruapehu skifields operating over winter is not a great look, but needed to happen.

Opposition parties are largely endorsing the government's move to pump $128 million more into tertiary education, but say it shows things need to change.

The prime minister and the largest ever delegation to travel to China have been formally welcomed at the New Zealand embassy.

Power Play - In letting slip its election-night target of 45 percent this weekend, the National Party revealed some of its inner thinking around its campaign strategy.

Analysis - National pushes Labour on gangs and disorder as it settles on one of its primary campaign narratives, writes Peter Wilson in a look at the Week in Politics.

Politicians went head to head on health equity this week, with opposition parties making a concerted effort to paint a waitlist prioritisation tool as discriminatory. 

With accusations flying from…