Yvette Mc Cullough

New Zealand First is the lone voice in Parliament calling for the Christchurch terrorist to see out his sentence in Australia.

Winston Peters says the cost of keeping Brenton Tarrant in isolation… Audio

The National Party says the Government needs to take responsibility for the economic fallout of the latest Covid-19 outbreak on businesses and families.

Yesterday Finance Minister Grant Robertson… Audio

National is promising to get tough on gangs and youth offenders, as it hit the campaign trail in earnest today.

Leader Judith Collins announced their law and order policy in Taupō today.

She has… Audio

New Zealanders coming home for a holiday, or those coming back from trips overseas will have to stump up for their Covid-19 managed isolation costs.

The government has announced it will only impose… Video, Audio

National leader Judith Collins was on a mission to put the bruising Newshub Reid Research poll behind her today.

She was in campaign mode in Palmerston North - speaking to the public, and… Audio

National Party MPs are defending the culture within their party, as the fall out from Andrew Falloon's disgraced exit from politics continues.

The Rangitata MP quit yesterday, following mounting… Audio

RNZ's political reporter, Yvette McCullough, says the sudden resignations from Amy Adams and Nikki Kaye will be a blow for National.

She spoke to Māni Dunlop. Audio

National leader Todd Muller has brought Simon Bridges back into the fold - giving him the foreign affairs portfolio he was after - however he's kept him low in the party rankings. Mr Muller announced… Audio

Upgrades to the Auckland City Mission, East Coast's Rugby Park Grandstand, and Blenheim's Art Gallery - are among the projects getting a boost from the government's three billion dollar infrastructure… Audio

The government has outlined details of $3 billion dollars worth of spending on infrastructure projects around the country as part of its shovel ready Covid recovery programme, and just how much each… Audio

As life returns back to normal, there is one glaring restriction that remains - the country's borders.

Under level 1 they are still closed to all but New Zealand citizens and permanent residents, or… Audio

Supplying free period products in schools will be life changing for many. That's from advocates for people with periods, after the government announced a 2.6 million dollar program to roll out… Audio

The government is tackling period poverty by rolling out access to free period products in schools.

During term three, the Ministry of Education programme will start in 15 schools in Waikato, before… Audio

A 'staging post' for New Zealand's recovery from Covid-19 - that's how the Finance Minister described Budget 2020 in a speech to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce - given via video link on Thursday.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson has signalled this year's budget won't be the final say on the government's response to Covid-19. In a speech to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce via videolink… Audio

For the first time ever, Parliament is issuing summonses to the Solicitor-General, the Director-General of Health and the Police Commissioner, seeking all legal advice on the lockdown.

The Epidemic… Audio

The Government's being asked to waive legal privilege and share the advice it received about the lockdown and ongoing restrictions.

The Epidemic Response Committee is summonsing the… Audio

The tourism industry is warning that if travel rules under Alert Level 2 aren't changed, thousands more jobs will be lost.

People are still advised to avoid non-essential inter-regional travel under… Audio

Ministers have been grilled this morning about which industries will be able to operate again under alert level three. 

Trade Minister David Parker and Economic Development Minister Phil Twyford… Audio

The Prime Minister says we are turning the corner, but to win this marathon battle against Covid-19, we need to keep pushing.

For the fourth day running, the number of new cases has continued to drop… Audio