Jo Moir
National Party board to meet about Hamish Walker
The National Party board will meet today to decide the future of their Clutha Southland MP Hamish Walker.
Earlier, the party leader Todd Muller told Morning Report he wrote to the party's board last… Audio
Business leader vents frustrations over border delays
A prominent business leader has vented his frustrations bungles at the border might delay the re-opening business needs.
A review released at the weekend found the managed isolation and quarantine… Audio
Cabinet decide who will pay for isolation after border review
Cabinet will discuss today whether travellers should pay for a portion of the cost of mandatory isolation.
The decision follows a review of quarantine and managed isolation which found serious… Audio
Trans-Tasman flights more likely as AUS, NZ govts look at plan
Plans to head across the ditch for a winter getaway are inching closer with a blueprint for a trans-Tasman bubble being presented to both countries' Cabinets in coming weeks.
But while Jacinda Ardern… Audio
Another political poll bad news for National and Bridges
On Friday National Party leader Simon Bridges' fate will be decided after he forced the hand of potential challengers calling all his MPs back to Wellington to decide the issue.
Bay of Plenty MP Todd… Video, Audio
Winston Peters claims he knows source of pension leak
The Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters is keeping tight lipped on who leaked his pension details, instead waiting until the matter goes to court.
Peters is appealing the High Court decision, after… Audio
Fiery debate in Parliament over level 2 gathering rules
Public pressure has forced an abrupt u-turn from the government over how many people can attend a tangi at alert level 2.
From Thursday, funeral directors can apply to the Health Ministry to operate… Video, Audio
Covid-19 level 2 rules in NZ - what you need to know
New Zealand is about to be back open for business, but not all at once and not for gatherings larger than ten people.
The Prime Minister on Monday laid out how the country will move to alert level… Audio
Govt releases thousands of pages of Covid-19 decisions - details explained
The government has released thousands of pages of documents around its Covid-19 decisions on Friday afternoon.
The documents include papers, minutes and key Covid-19 advice given to government up to… Video, Audio
Winston Peters lauds New Zealand's Covid-19 response
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, is lauding New Zealand's response to the threat of Covid-19.
Mr Peters says New Zealand generally acted faster than most to… Audio
Coronavirus: Government guaranteed loans hard to get - Business NZ
Business New Zealand chief executive Kirk Hope says banks aren't making it easy for small and medium-sized operators to access loans through the Government's guarantee scheme.
The Finance Minister… Audio
Media industry facing existential crisis
The Government is set to announce a recovery package for media within the week, as major media outlets say Covid-19 has halved their advertising revenue.
Parliament's Epidemic Response Committee has… Audio
Coronavirus: Government looking at exit plan
As the country approaches the halfway point of a month-long lockdown the Government is turning its attentions to an exit plan.
While the level four lockdown appears to be having some success, Jacinda… Audio
Finance Minister gives details on Air NZ bail-out
The Finance Minister Grant Robertson has just been briefing media at the Beehive over the government's 900 million dollar loan to shore-up Air New Zealand. RNZ Political Reporter, Jo Moir, has been… Audio
Covid-19: Call made to close NZ borders
New Zealand's borders are shut for the first time in history.
The call was made last night to close the border from one minute to midnight.
Jacinda Ardern says the significance of the decision is… Audio
Covid-19: Government promises to keep spending
The Government is promising to keep spending as and when required to get New Zealand through a recession that's now almost certain.
Yesterday the Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced a $12.1… Audio
Quit Group still giving board members money after shutting down
Five years after the charity - Quit Group - ceased to exist it continues to pay its board members tens of thousands of dollars a year from funds it never invested in smokefree services.
One of those… Audio
NZ First still negotiating on gun law reform
The Government moved quickly to change gun laws after the mosque shootings.
But while the initial changes went through with just a single opposing vote, the Government remains divided over the second… Audio
Winston Peters slams Australian deportation policy
The Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters says former and future Australian prime ministers wouldn't treat New Zealand in the way the current regime is over deportation. Dancing on the head of a pin at… Audio
Abortion reform bill passes second reading
Abortion reform has cleared another hurdle, passing its second reading in Parliament last night by 81 votes to 39.
It was a tighter margin than the first reading in August and was just as… Audio