Megan Woods

The Labour Party's share of votes has roughly halved since Dame Jacinda Ardern led the party to an outright majority of seats in 2020. 

On Saturday night, the party also lost two electorate seats to… Audio

The Labour party has had a last-minute lift in both polls, jumping by one point to 27.5 percent in the Newshub poll and by two points to 28 percent in the 1News poll.

The Guardian's poll, had them… Audio

With less than two weeks to go, this election is heating up - but so is the climate.

Our first big target for reducing emissions is set for 2030 - just seven years away. New Zealand has pledged a 41… Audio

Senior Labour MPs Carmel Sepuloni and Duncan Webb are taking Chris Hipkins place at campaign events on Monday as the Labour leader isolates with Covid 19.

Hipkins will participate in other events on… Audio

The Labour Party is unapologetically targeting higher income New Zealanders with its solar panel policy announced today. If elected labour will offer a cash back of up to four thousand dollars for… Video, Audio

Labour's leader Chris Hipkins is painting National, ACT and New Zealand First as a "coalition of fear".

In a speech yesterday, Hipkins ruled out working with those parties, saying they would deliver… Audio

Greenpeace is calling for caution, when it comes to the mega private green investment fund unveiled by the prime minister today. The government's partnered with a controversial investment giant Black… Video, Audio

A government audit, prompted by the fatal Loafers Lodge fire, has identified 70 similar multi-storey boarding houses across the country with no sprinklers.

Officials will start inspecting the… Audio

Fonterra has announced an increase to its emissions reduction target, with a $90 million government boost.

The co-op will now target a 50 percent reduction in some emissions by 2030, from a 2018… Audio

This morning Nine to Noon looks at the issue of greening up the country's energy - and the hefty price tag that comes with it. Two weeks ago on the programme Kathryn spoke with Graeme Peters, who'd… Audio

Parliament has hit the time of year it turns into a combination of Glastonbury and the Inquisition - the multi-pronged miniterial grilling called Estimates Hearings. Audio

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins there - announcing the Government's plan to dramatically cut climate pollution from the Glenbrook Steel Mill. Shortly we talk to Dr Grant Hewison from Lawyers for Climate… Audio

This week MPs discussed Stuart Nash’s loss of a ministerial warrant for an hour. It may have looked like a political pile-on, but in reality it was Parliament doing exactly what it is designed for –… Audio

Private landlords have been given an early Christmas present - an extra year to bring their rentals up to healthy homes standards.

The government has extended the deadline, saying supply chain… Audio

The government is spending a further half a billion dollars on roads and pipes, and upgrading transport and wastewater infrastructure - which it says will lay the groundwork for the development of… Audio

With an investigation a year in the making and 400 pages long, and with a final report and conclusive recommendations in December, the Building and Construction Minister says it will be next year… Video, Audio

After a whirlwind trip brushing shoulders with top European and UK leaders, the Prime Minister is headed back down-under.

Before she gets home, she's making a stop across the ditch for a series of… Audio

Fletcher Building is being asked not to enforce its GIB plasterboard trademarks for at least a year to help ease the supply crisis.

Fletcher controls about 95 percent of the plasterboard market and… Video, Audio

Around 10,000 health professionals are on strike today over an ongoing pay equity dispute.

The health workers include anaesthetic and laboratory technicians, dental assistants and alcohol and drug… Audio

It's unclear whether two new electric ferries for Auckland will mean cheaper trips for passengers.

The government has announced $27 million of funding - about 75 percent of the cost - for two… Video, Audio