Politics

During a scrutiny week hearing, Suzanne Tindal said management of the issues resulted in O'Donnell having to recuse himself from "a number of items on the board agenda".

Local government inflation was 3.3 percent this year, meaning almost all of a 4 percent rates cap would have been used to cover inflation, Nadine Taylor said.

Under scrutiny week questioning, ministry CEO Andrew Kibblewhite said it was a hypothesis, but that more investigation was needed.

Treasury says the overall financial outlook is mixed, continuing trends from recent months.

Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has applied for a temporary court order to reinstate her into the party and remove its president John Tamihere.

Analysis - Writers had their fun calling it 'Coster's Last Stand', and like the general's doomed battle, it ended with a crushing fall, writes Craig McCulloch.

It comes despite a Climate Change Commission warning that New Zealand is being hit sooner and more severely than expected.

The amount brings New Zealand's total monetary contributions for the country's war efforts to more than $53m, more than half of it for weapons and ammunition. Audio

Labour MPs have hit back at David Seymour as he joked they were chasing Oscars. Audio

Costello assured MPs she remained focused on achieving the Smokefree 2025 goals.

Housing Minister Chris Bishop said renters should be taking advantage of the market.

The first week of Parliament's final sitting block of 2025 is focused on scrutiny on past Government spending. Early conflict focused on animal welfare.

Kapa-Kingi was expelled from the party, alongside Tākuta Ferris, in early November after a period of internal conflict.