Policy

National's justice spokesperson has defended the party's proposal to send repeat teenage offenders to boot camps, saying the justice system needs another tool.

Paul Goldsmith told Morning Report the… Audio

Those working on the frontlines with youth offenders are putting the boot into National over its proposal for military-style camps.

The party wants to send recidivist teenagers to special 'academies'… Audio

Dairy NZ is standing it's ground and asking for a major shake-up of the government's proposed emissions pricing scheme.

The policy was released for consultation last month following input from He… Audio

Groundswell has delivered a petition to stop the government's proposed agricultural emissions framework to MPs and ministers at parliament today.

Organiser Bryce McKenzie spoke to Max Towle. 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

Our main nurses union says it is "flabbergasted" to learn enrolled nurses and nurse practitioners aren't included on the Government's residency Green List.

The two roles were included on a list of 30… Audio

The amount the country's hospitals owe to more than a quarter of a million people who work for them has exploded to almost $2 billion.

But the delays in sorting out how to pay people are only getting… Audio

Timaru District Council is bucking the nationwide trend of local bodies cracking down on pokie machines. 

Timaru tops the Canterbury region for the highest pokie spend per adult.

And a recovering… Audio

Fuel companies will soon have a closer eye kept on them with the Commerce Commission taking on new powers to regulate unruly pricing.

The government has also announced that fuel companies will be… Audio

The Commerce Commission is getting the power to step in to stop petrol companies price gouging.

And, as low-lying island states demand forceful immediate action at the COP27 climate change… Audio

The government is rushing through changes to firearms laws that will stop gun owners potentially being criminalised while they wait months in the queue for licence renewals.

The changes will mean as… Video, Audio

Māori communities are worried the government's climate planning could override their own work and rangatiratanga.

As you heard on Morning Report yesterday officials have identified 44 communities at… Audio

The Finance Minister says addressing inflation without increasing unemployment is a difficult balancing act.

Grant Robertson told Morning Report he's proud of the low unemployment rate and doesn't… Audio

Consumer NZ is telling big power companies they need to stop hiking prices.

Genesis, Meridian and Mercury have more than doubled their combined profits from the previous year - now totaling one point… Audio

Buy Now Pay Later lenders are being told to stop turning a blind eye to people falling into debt spirals using their services.

The government is planning tighter regulations for the providers -… Audio

The National Party says more meaningful consequences are needed to prevent young people from serious offending.

Yesterday a 14-year-old was arrested on 81 charges, following a string of serious… Audio

Newly released emails show a roading company agitated for months to get  Waka Kotahi to do more after a roadworker was killed.

Fulton Hogan was still pressuring the agency for a mandatory recall to… Audio

The Green Party's human rights and foreign affairs spokesperson Golriz Ghahraman wants the government to step up its response to violence in Iran.

Until yesterday the government had been quiet on the… Audio