Chris Hipkins

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins gave a press conference this morning.

He confirmed the deaths and injuries.

St Johns Ambulance has confirmed 3 people were treated for moderate injuries, three others… Audio

The Prime Minister has been left with egg on his face after announcing a new offence for adults who aide young people in offending, before almost immediately withdrawing the announcement.

At his… Audio

The UK has made it into the huge trans-Pacific free trade treaty, but there's been no progress on allowing in China.

New Zealand hosted the seventh meeting of the Comprehensive and Progressive… Audio

The Prime Minister is being accused of both cynicism and arrogance over his decision not to introduce a wealth tax or capital gains tax as long as he is leader.

Labour's potential coalition partners… Audio

Faced with poor polling, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says his party needs to return its laser like focus onto issues that matter to New Zealanders.

A Talbot Mills corporate poll shows Labour has… Audio

Labour MP Kiri Allan is on parliamentary leave again for a couple of weeks while her boss looks to tidy up the mess around her alleged treatment of staff and officials.

The Allan saga is the latest… Audio

China's President Xi Jinping has praised his country's relationship with New Zealand, saying bilateral ties have contributed to regional peace and stability.

President Xi met with Prime Minister… Audio

Parliament has hit the time of year it turns into a combination of Glastonbury and the Inquisition - the multi-pronged miniterial grilling called Estimates Hearings. Audio

MPs have spent much of the week debating the merits - or otherwise - of an algorithm that takes into account ethnicity to help prioritise patients waiting for elective surgeries.  Audio

The ACT Party has this month latched on to a Question Time tactic of using consecutive supplementary questions on a repetitive theme as a pile-on against the government. Audio

Returning to our earlier story, Michael Wood has resigned as a minister after it emerged he's got more shareholdings he didn't declare and which relate directly to ministerial posts he's held. Prime… Video, Audio

Pressure is building on the Government to deliver on its industry-based greenhouse gas emissions plan for the farming sector. Yesterday National said it would delay any emissions scheme for the… Audio

As the election nears, Question Time transforms into a forum for party political messaging. It’s not the ideal format for messaging and it doesn’t always go well.  Audio

An independent review panel has recommended a referendum on extending the Parliamentary term from three to four years.

It also suggests lowering the voting age to 16, and reducing the 5 percent… Audio

The government is spending a further $11-million dollars on its fog cannon scheme amid a surge in applications from retailers for the devices.

The demand for fog cannons is up dramatically - but ram… Audio