3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (529+ words) Well, well, well – what do we have here? Foreign Minister includes own adviser among five new diplomatic appointments The foreign minister has made five new diplomatic appointments – including his own ministerial adviser and former chief of staff Jon Johansson as…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (776+ words) The Agricultural polluters are so powerful now, even Labour is capitulating to them… He waka eke no more – after 18 years, Labour not committing to pricing for agricultural emissions Labour leader Chris Hipkins said his party will reduce agricultural emissions but…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (373+ words) Real estate agent loses bid to avoid compulsory Māori culture course A real estate agent who refused to take a compulsory course covering te reo Māori, tikanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi has lost her latest bid for an exemption....

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (369+ words) National is making life harder at the supermarket checkout and harder still for Kiwis who turn to the Government for help. “With tens of thousands more hungry Kiwis being denied emergency food grants, New Zealanders cannot afford another three years…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (609+ words) Greens promise to create ‘KiwiMart’ supermarket chain and break up duopoly The Green Party says it will split up the supermarket duopoly, bring back and expand the previous government’s school lunch programme, and establish a government-owned supermarket chain, if elected…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (825+ words) The NZ Veterans Advocate is calling on all political parties to commit to an independent review of the Veterans’ Support Act 2014 and the wider veterans’ support system in the first year of the next Parliament. The call is the centrepiece…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (500+ words) Kick Back, a Youth Development and Social Justice organization responding to Youth Homelessness, is calling on all political Party’s to come together to form a bipartisan accord to end rough sleeping by Christmas. Over the last few weeks media have…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (772+ words) Greenpeace says the Government has poured fuel on the growing backlash over its Conservation Amendment Bill, with a revised version of the Bill retaining controversial changes to the very purpose of New Zealand’s conservation law. The new Bill just released…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (698+ words) Labour releases fiscal strategy, promises to slash debt Labour has released their fiscal strategy for the election, promising to get back to surplus by 2029/30, slash debt and set up an independent Parliamentary Budget Office, if elected. Leader Chris Hipkins said…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (619+ words) Te Pāti Māori proposes 48% income tax rate, tax credit for kai Te Pāti Māori has launched a ‘Kiwi Tax Plan’, proposing a 48% top tax rate and a rebate for New Zealanders earning less than $60,000. The policy also proposes a wealth…...