Government
No conflict of interest in Wally Haumaha inquiry - Martin
The government is resisting calls from the National Party to remove the head of an inquiry into Wally Haumaha's appointment as deputy police commissioner. Pauline Kingi is leading an investigation… Audio
Govt urged to scrap self-imposed spending cap
The government has been told it must get rid of self-imposed spending rules if it's serious about fixing rundown public services. The coalition will spend an extra 24 billion dollars over the next… Audio
Mark Graham: Busting prefab housing myths
Prefabricated houses are being billed as the solution to building affordable homes quickly. The government has announced it will beef up the sector to fulfill its Kiwibuild promise of 100 thousand new… Audio
Patrick Reynolds: Auckland regional fuel tax hits today
The Auckland regional fuel tax comes into effect from today. The money is to go to funding transport projects around the region over the next ten year. Greater Auckland transport commentator Patrick… Audio
Trust in govt surges since 2016 - report
The number of New Zealanders who trust the government has risen substantially. A study commissioned this year by Victoria University of Wellington's Institute for Governance and Policy Studies asked… Audio
Tourist levy not needed - tourism industry
The tourism sector says tourists are already more than paying their way and shouldn't pay a proposed new border levy. Tourism Industry Aotearoa says a new report shows the Government is earning 2.6… Audio
Climate change experts urge govt to do more - now
A climate change group's final report has called on the government to be more proactive in the face of climate change, and do more to figure out how to pay for the work it needs to do. Audio
Preschoolers urgently need funding - industry
The government's been told that preschoolers can't wait four years for funding that is urgently needed now. Teachers, parents and early childhood centres are applauding the move that gives the sector… Audio
Parliament’s to do list: Pacific free trade, social security, and weapons brokering (again)
Each sitting day in the House MPs work their way through business which is set out on the order paper. Here's what they plan to get through this week. Audio
NZ steel, aluminium faces uncertain future
A snub by US President Donald Trump has the government worried about the future for New Zealand aluminium and steel exports. It had hoped new American tariffs would not apply to New Zealand products… Audio
New National front bench tests its mettle
The House takes a look back at a week's worth of Question Time when the new opposition front bench got to try out its first jabs at the government. Audio
Oliver Hailes on the TPPA revised version signed off
It's Our Future spokesman Oliver Hailes talks about Labour and New Zealand First's u-turn on the TPPA-11 and the inclusion of a clause which could see foreign corporates suing the government Audio
Tertiary fees-free scheme at risk of being rorted
Treasury officials have warned the free tertiary study scheme is vulnerable to students rorting the system because of a gap in the Government's records. Labour's flagship policy offers a free year of… Audio
90-day trial gives small business certainty - Lees-Galloway
The government has announced its first changes to employment laws since assuming power. Minister for Workplace Relations Iain Lees Galloway tells Guyon Espiner the 90-day trial rule that remains for… Audio
Govt announces work initiative for unemployed youth
Later today the Government will reveal details of a new initiative to get the young unemployed into work. New Zealand First's Shane Jones ruffled a few feathers recently when he suggested a work for… Audio
No compromise reached amid US govt shutdown
Christina Wilkie covers the Whitehouse for CNBC. She says the ongoing stalemate in the US represents a fundamental breakdown in trust. Video, Audio
Kim Dotcom sues New Zealand government over arrest
Kim Dotcom has filed papers seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages from the government over an erroneous arrest warrant. The papers accuse the government of pursuing an erroneous arrest… Audio
$22m fix for dangerous roads 'just the beginning' - Genter
The Government is to spend 22-point-5 million dollars to make 30 rural state highways safer, as the road toll this year runs well ahead of 2016's. This comes as ten people, including two children have… Audio
Govt's fossil fuel stance is of 'transitioning' - Prime Minister
Less than two months after it was formed, our new Government has passed a family package under urgency, committed to an investigation into abuse in state care, and pledged to set up a new agency plan… Audio
'I've got great confidence in NZ business' - Grant Robertson
National says the opening of the Government books yesterday backs up its argument Labour has a massive hole in its accounts. Labour, now heading the new government, says the accounts show it can make… Audio