Jacinda Ardern

Winston Peters has a track record of using music as a diversion.

Yesterday as he ducked and dived media questions over a Serious Fraud Office investigation, he once again resorted to a musical… Audio

When Parliament finally begins each year it goes off with a bang, and in an election year moreso. In the first debate the parties demoed their election messages. They were selling both sunflowers… Audio

The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, has told Rio Tinto it needs to show some responsibility over the toxic waste stored in Mataura.

Yesterday the Environment Minister David Parker said he would… Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The first week of question time is done for 2020 and featured topics including coronavirus, Ihumatao, and gangs. Audio

Party leaders launched into the first debate of the year slinging criticism across the House but the debate on the Prime Minister’s statement is actually a chance to remove those in power.  Audio

The Prime Minister's determination to keep RNZ Concert radio on FM isn't enough to stop the country's big orchestras from pushing ahead with legal action to save the station.

Jacinda Ardern has… Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she is "frustrated" by the progression of a plan to remove RNZ Concert from the FM frequency in favour of a new youth-focussed station.

Ardern told Morning Report … Audio

The National Party may not be able to rely on partnering with the Māori Party after the election, even if that party is able to secure a seat to get itself back into Parliament. 

National… Audio

The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern says the Government must address housing and child poverty before it can begin resolving wider aspirations for Maori, but she says she also wants New Zealand history… Audio

A report published on Monday morning says 14 armed police were used to uplift a five-month-old Māori baby from a solo mother.

The report was published this morning as a result of a Māori-led national… Audio

A military training base in north Auckland is being turned into a quarantine centre for New Zealanders returning from Wuhan which is in lockdown because the Novel Coronavirus.

Dozens of people will… Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters have paid tribute to Mike Moore, the former Labour prime minister who died yesterday aged 71.

Moore led the country for two… Audio

A New Zealander in Wuhan says she's relieved the Government is planning to evacuate them from the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak.

The first wave of chartered evacuation… Audio

Reaction to the Prime Minister's huge spend-up on roads has been swift and mixed.

Jacinda Ardern has revealed $5.3 billion will go on building new roads and improving existing ones, with the money… Audio