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Iwi are making a final bid to get the negotiated redress for the confiscation of Taranaki maunga approved and in front of Parliament before the election.

Associate Housing Minister Willie Jackson has had to apologise in Parliament, while Finance Minister Grant Robertson is refusing to apologise after calling his opposite a "liar".

Former US President Donald Trump has been hit with a fourth set of criminal charges after a Georgia grand jury issued an indictment accusing him of efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to…

Labour's GST-free fruit and vegetables tax policy is being widely panned by experts, who say it is betting on voters' ignorance.

Removing GST from fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables is an expensive and "sad" way of saving families a few dollars a week, an economist and spokesperson for the Child Poverty Action Group says. Audio

The political party of Ecuador's assassinated presidential hopeful, Fernando Villavicencio, on Sunday picked another replacement candidate, reversing itself from its choice just a day earlier.

The Detail looks at the financial woes facing the wool industry; the issue of public private partnerships; how we stack up globally on paid parental leave; and whether we can trust political polls…

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

After two terms on the government's fringes, the Greens have made it clear: this time, they want seats at the Cabinet table.

Podcast - With polls anticipating an even bigger stable of MPs after October, the ACT Party is lining up for a potentially major say in the shape of the next government. Audio

ACT's MPs aren't nearly so well known as its leader David Seymour. Who are they? And what would they do with the power polls predict they will have? Anneke Smith reports.

ACT has not only held onto the 10-fold increase in voter support it enjoyed last election, it's maintained a stable caucus and gained further traction. 

With polls anticipating an even bigger stable…

Opinion - New Zealanders have been put on notice that defence and security are among the bigger challenges the country faces this century, John Moremon writes.

Analysis - Labour's tunnel proposal for Auckland Harbour, National's policy to ban cellphones in schools and the latest poll shows New Zealand First over the 5 percent threshold.

The polls are showing a tight race between the two major parties as we inch closer to October's election. But can we trust them?

Labour is facing a clear slump, with support eaten up by the Greens, NZ First and a small bump for National in the latest Taxpayers Union-Curia poll.

Allan Birchfield is unrepentant, saying he did nothing wrong and will not be changing his behaviour.

The US Supreme Court has granted the request to reinstate a federal regulation aimed at reining in privately made firearms that are difficult for law enforcement to trace.