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Both Labour and National have taken hits, but the centre left bloc could form a government, according to Curia's polling.

Term-time holidays remain the main attendance challenge facing most schools.

The Greens say they have "absolutely nothing" to do with a protest where Winston Peters' window was smashed, as government ministers heap blame on the party. Audio

School students not enrolled or who are absent 15 or more days per school term can be referred to attendance services. Audio

"Our poor dog's bed was under the window and the glass was all over him," the Foreign Minister says. Audio

A government report said a handful of schools spent more than 10 percent of their operations grants on audit fees, but the Education Ministry was working on bringing the cost down.

"I think there's a whole lot of cities that have made a big mistake trying to banish cars and banish parking from the CBD," Seymour says.

"We love these young people," the prime minister says, but a youth advocate says they're being "punished for an economic crisis they didn't create". Audio

First announced at the Budget, the government had not decided where to draw the line at the time.

Safety v savings

The Associate Health Minister has revealed he is pushing for hundreds of millions of dollars in additional drug funding in next year's Budget. Audio

The head of Medicines New Zealand says there is a massive gap in medicine funding between here and across the Tasman which is not improving. Audio

The country's drug buying agency, Pharmac, has a new leader after months without a chief executive. Audio

Pacific communities expressed a wide range of reactions to the late American conservative commentator, who was killed during a live debate in Utah earlier this month.

The government is touting it as an end to more than a decade of confusion.

The government estimated the planned law change will save $8.2 billion across the country. Audio

The ACT leader says he was the lone MP in 2016 who stood against the the Earthquake-prone Buildings law, which he labelled as a "costly triumph of emotion over logic".

New Zealand was among only a handful of countries - including the US, Japan and South Korea - which had not formally recognised Palestinian statehood. Audio

New Zealand's reputation could take a hit on the global stage over the government's decision not to recognise Palestine as a state at this time, an international relations expert says.

The Opposition leader has blasted the government's decision not to recognise Palestinian statehood, calling it a failure of leadership.

New Zealand's Foreign Minister says the Paris Agreement fails to hold the world's biggest emitters accountable. Audio