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Supporters of the Trans Pacific Partnership are fearful that coaltion talks could end up sinking the deal for New Zealand. The National Party has enthusiatically driven the controversial TPP… Audio

A dedicated Māori seat on the country's biggest local body is a step closer, but still rests in the hands of the next government. In principle.

Auckland councillors have backed the move to create a… Audio

Auckland Council says it will demand the next government to do more to fix the city's teacher crisis after local principals begged for help. Mayor Phil Goff says the principals came to the council in… Audio

One of New Zealand's leading opponents to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is hoping the next Government will push the restart button on all trade talks and do them out in the open.

The… Audio

While National won 46 percent of the vote on election night, Labour leader Jacinda Ardern says a majority of voters have called for change. With 15 percent of the vote yet to be counted when the… Audio

The Labour leader, Jacinda Ardern, says voters will need to be patient as the two main parties jostle for a deal with Winston Peters. Audio

As Greens leader James Shaw said on election night, if he'd been told a month ago that he'd be happy seeing his party get little more than half of their 2014 election tally, he wouldn't have believed… Audio

Perhaps the biggest upset on Saturday night was the Maori party's exit from Parliament. Te Ururora Flavell failed to win his seat of Waiariki - the only electorate held by the party. His co-leader… Audio

Coalition negotiations are not even under way and already the National Party leader, Bill English, has made a shock decision - Act will not be part of the next government if he returns as Prime… Audio

John and Graham Sanderson and younger brother Nigel have blasted the Government for abandoning their family in the struggle to keep their 86-year-old father from losing his leaky Auckland home. They… Audio

The Government underestimated the cost of setting up its flagship agency Oranga Tamariki by more than twenty million dollars. Official documents show the agency thought it could save money by not… Audio

A petition will be delivered to Parliament today in a bid to stop a water pipeline being laid through a sanctuary for the country's rarest kiwi. ActionStation campaign director Laura O'Connell Rapira… Audio

More and more medical students face having to drop out of their studies because of the eight-year cap on student loans. Students are demanding the government get rid of the limit on loans which they… Audio

The number of days American billionaire Peter Thiel spent in New Zealand before being granted citizenship will be made public today. The controversial entrepreneur visited New Zealand just four times… Audio

A deal between Teressa May's Conservative party and the Democratic Unionist Party appears to be imminent. Our correspondent in London, Catherine Drew, has been following the aftermath of the election.

The Government wants schools to form groups and pay the best teachers more to lead improvements, but principals and teachers around the country say without big changes to the policy, it will fail. Audio

Countdown supermarkets is strengthening all its stores with proper seismic bracing of pipes, ducts and heavy units in its ceilings. And in doing so, can't resist taking a swipe at the Government and… Audio