Debbie Ngarewa Packer

Newsroom's political editor Jo Moir and RNZ's deputy political editor Craig McCulloch join The Detail to size up the minor parties as election year gets underway. Audio

Te Pāti Māori can't see themselves being part of a Labour or National government after next year's election. 

Some polls this year have shown the party could hold the balance of power come election… Audio

Almost 130 years ago New Zealand led the world, as the first nation to give women the vote.

It took another 26 years before they could stand for Parliament and a further 14 years before Canterbury… Audio

The internal review into Oranga Tamariki's 'litany of failures' is overdue.

The agency received multiple warnings, reports of concern, and whānau pleas for intervention in the lead up to the murder… Audio

A Māori Party leader believes the justice system has no sympathy for the family of a Taranaki man shot dead by police.

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says Kaoss Price's whānau is under extreme duress, and… Audio

The abuse of female politicians online is being put under the microscope, with the National Party now holding an investigation into the trolling of female politicians online, including Labour Minister… Audio

The ACT party is calling for a referendum on co-governance.

It says the country is abandoning liberal democracy and replacing it with an "ethno state" where there are two types of people: Tangata… Audio

Protesters, polling and political pressure - all three are being credited for the Government's withdrawal of vaccine mandates and passes.

The Prime Minister says that is not the case - she says it's… Audio

The government's timeline to rollout a traffic light system is being attacked from all corners of Parliament.

Te Pāti Māori and the Green Party want the brakes put on, while Act and National are… Audio

Local iwi want the Taranaki region put into Alert Level three.

Te Pati Maori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer was at a Taranaki DHB meeting with regional leaders this morning.

She speaks with Max… Audio

After more than a week of positive wastewater tests, Delta cases have been found in the Taranaki community.

The six new cases of Covid-19  were confirmed in the town of Stratford - with one person in… Audio

Many public health experts, Maori organisations and iwi leaders have come out against the government's new stepped plan to move Auckland down to level 2 and pivot to a suppression strategy of… Audio

Vaccine passports proving a person's immunisation status are expected to be in place around the turn of the year. It's unclear if the digital document will be for more than just international travel… Audio

Te Paati Māori is worried about data privacy and low trust among communities, following the Government decision to mandate record keeping of the public's movements. 

Cabinet has decided to make it… Audio

There's political consensus New Zealanders are paying too much for groceries, but little agreement on who's to blame and what should be done.

The government isn't ruling anything in or out with its… Audio

As the Government unveils its ambitious new plan for water, hapū and iwi are worried their voices won't be heard in the four mega agencies proposed,

One example is rural Māori in the North, who… Audio

Unusually, Parliament has sent a draft bill to select committee for public feedback with a general call for ideas on improving consents. Audio

Dawn Raids petition handed to New Zealand parliament. Audio

A bill on water fluoridation decisions has passed its second reading at Parliament - more than four years after it was first introduced. Audio