Policy

The residential retirement sector is regulated by a 20-year-old Act, and many say it is unfair to residents and their families.

The government is calling for submissions on proposals to ensure a… Audio

There's some hope on the horizon for the country's elderly, with reform of retirement villages ahead.

The sector is regulated by a 20-year-old Act, and many say it is unfair to residents and their… Audio

An Auckland community where a dairy worker died in a brutal attack last year, is bitterly disappointed it won't get government funding to prevent street-level crime.

The Sandringham Business… Audio

As the election campaign careers toward a contest of conflicting and confusing calculations, there is fresh hope for a different approach - if not this election, then next.

The Labour Party has… Audio

Labour is looking to remove GST on fruit and vegetables - or so their National party opponents are saying.

Deputy National leader Nicola Willis has caused a bit of a kerfuffle by, as it were… Audio

Aucklanders whose homes are uninhabitable due to the summer storms say they're relieved with the rates relief agreed by Auckland Council yesterday.

Hundreds of homes have been red and… Audio

Labour's refusing to rule in or out a suggestion it's about to make cutting GST from fruit and vegetables part of its tax policy.

National claims that's exactly what Labour's going to do.

It's… Audio

By Nikki Mandow: The government spent $51.5 billion of taxpayer money on buying stuff last year. The criteria for how they spend it have had a shake-up. Audio

National is reviving its call for the government to ditch its prison reduction target, in the wake of the fatal shootings in Auckland. The party argues it weakens the punishment offenders face and… Audio

The Labour government has adopted a new hardline strategy to target the most hardened young ramraiders.

The move, though, has been roundly criticised from both the left and right as cynical politics.

People whose homes were damaged by the Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle say the latest initiative to help them pay rent is a lifeline.

Many of those whose homes were red or yellow-stickered are… Audio

Kainga Ora has spent $800,000 on lawyers, planners, and architects to help it prepare submissions on Wellington City Council's district plan review.

The state housing agency is pushing for changes to… Audio

Changes to the recreational fishing rules in Fiordland has been welcomed by the area's Marine Guardians.

Under the changes, fishing lines will be drawn at the entrance to each fiord and the number of… Audio

Earlier we spoke about National's proposal to allow renters under thirty access to their KiwiSaver to aid bond payments should they win the election.

But the Green Party's spokesperson for renters… Audio

The National Party isn't impressed with the Government's ideas on youth crime, such as forcing youth offenders to clean up rubbish or remove graffiti.

Justice spokesperson Paul Goldsmith spoke to… Audio

The state housing agency Kāinga Ora is pushing for radical changes to Wellington's housing rules, including wiping protections for character buildings and allowing more development on flood prone… Audio

Labour's made an embarrassing law and order blunder as it tries to re-focus on winning the election amid another poll showing it's short of the numbers to govern.

The 1News Verian poll - previously… Audio

Stuff Senior Auckland Affairs Journalist Todd Niall takes us behind the bus drivers strike in the city and talks about the complex funding formula in which the budget constraints at Auckland Council… Audio

ACTs abrupt turn on the youth justice age has been described as cynical, a backward step and exploiting fear. The party wants 17 year old offenders put back into the adult court system, reversing a… Video, Audio