Jane Patterson

Calls for Michael Wood to be sacked from Cabinet are growing after more details emerged about decisions he made as Transport Minister while a shareholder in Auckland Airport.

Warnings from those behind artificial intelligence (AI) technology have made lawmakers around the world take notice.

The tech sector itself is engaged with the government and is considering six…

Power Play - Labour is ramping up its pitch to regain power, telling voters they "deserve to know the choices they have" in election year, Jane Patterson writes.

Meka Whaiti's defection brings Labour's solid 65-strong majority down to 62, opening it up to accusations of disunity and instability. Lumping in Elizabeth Kerekere's resignation from the Greens…

Expectations are being kept very low for the 18 May Budget, so any surprises can have maximum political impact. 

With a tight election looming, Labour will want to offer a proverbial carrot to voters…

Revenue Minister David Parker says the report shows a "large differential between the tax rates ordinary New Zealanders pay on their full income compared with the super-wealthy".

Parts of AUKUS involve Australia getting nuclear-powered submarines and members working together on progressing military tech - but NZ's Defence Minister says Aotearoa would not and could not…

The foreign minister has returned from a visit to China saying the relationship is very important and complex, requiring "continual management" to make sure the two countries do not lose sight of each…

The Broadcasting Minister says the millions of dollars spent on the cancelled RNZ/TVNZ merger was "money well spent", and is defending payments still going to the board set up to establish it.

The merger between RNZ and TVNZ was cancelled weeks ago, but the board set up to establish the new entity is still being paid out thousands of taxpayer dollars - with more to come. Audio

While National's solution to the Three Waters problem may please the councils steadfastly opposed to the government's plan, it remains plagued by a financial fishhook. 

But, as journalist Bernard…

While somewhat bound politically by Labour's promise of no new taxes this term, Finance Minister Grant Robertson is keeping all options open in his search for a way to fund the recovery from Cyclone…

After having her family's home devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle, one Puketapu local has also been extremely concerned about the safety of her community.

Tax, borrow or cut: those are the broad options facing Grant Robertson as he faces the multibillion-dollar bill for Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland floods.

The National Party MP has walked back on comments she made at Parliament on Tuesday morning about awaiting evidence that humans have contributed to climate change.

National MP Maureen Pugh has been pulled into line by the party leadership after telling reporters she has yet to see evidence humans have contributed to climate change.

In this week's Focus on Politics, RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson parses the co-governance rhetoric of the past few weeks.

It is hard to separate the politics from Waitangi, but the day party leaders were welcomed on to Te Whare Rūnanga was largely free of inflammatory rhetoric and political point scoring.

Power Play - Aucklanders did not get the political leadership they deserve as they face the aftermath of Friday night's devastating floods, writes Jane Patterson.

The Labour Party has entered a new era with the election of Chris Hipkins as prime minister and Carmel Sepuloni as his deputy, writes Jane Patterson.

Power Play: New Zealand has a new prime minister - at least in name - just a few days after Jacinda Ardern announced her shock departure.

Labour MPs are preparing to pick the country's next prime minister in what will be the party's first vote of its kind since 2017.

Power Play - The political world is reeling with the news of Jacinda Ardern's shock resignation, with the hunt now on for a new Labour leader and prime minister, Jane Patterson writes.

Power Play - The battle between National and Labour will ultimately determine the next government, but both parties have had issues this year that voters will remember, writes Jane Patterson.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has apologised to ACT Leader David Seymour for calling him an "arrogant prick" during question time this afternoon. Video