Jane Patterson

Susie Ferguson presents coverage of the 2018 Budget, with expert analysis and commentary from RNZ correspondents. Audio

RNZ political editor Jane Patterson has been listening to Mr Bridges' press conference following Treasury's admission a weakness in its website meant people could access a limited amount of Budget… Audio

The New Zealand Treasury has admitted its supposedly top secret Budget website was breached by searches for particular keywords.

And it says it's been advised by the police that anyone who found… Audio

National leader Simon Bridges lashed out at the government today, accusing it of a witch hunt after spending yesterday trumpeting secret Budget details obtained by the party. Our political editor Jane… Video, Audio

How was highly secret and sensitive budget information made public?

Kathryn Ryan talks with Tony Grasso, e head of technology at Cyber Toa - a cyber security consultancy. Before that he was head of… Audio

New Zealand Treasury chief executive Gabriel Makhlouf has told Morning Report that Budget information taken from Treasury's website came under attack 2000 times over 48 hours.

Treasury has called in… Audio

Treasury is investigating National's purported leak of part of the Government's first wellbeing Budget - Finance Minister Grant Robertson says some details are right, while others are wrong. Political… Video, Audio

National has revealed what it says are significant parts of Thursday's Budget but won't confirm if it was a deliberate government leak. It appears to detail spending in 18 areas for the next financial… Audio

A member of Parliamentary Services has been stood down after another staff member laid a formal complaint of sexual assault. Speaker Trevor Mallard made the announcement hours after he said he… Video, Audio

Independent reviewer Debbie Francis has found a culture at Parliament that allows and 'normalises' bad behaviour and harassment and refers to a small group of MPs who are well known as serial… Video, Audio

A new report just released says serious bullying is rife in parliament. It was ordered by the speaker, Trevor Mallard and covers a period stretching back to 2014.  Audio

Another KiwiBuild development backed by taxpayer money is failing to generate buyer demand - prompting calls for the flagship house building programme to be dumped. The Wanaka development's already… Audio

Defence Minister Ron Mark says the March 15 Christchurch shootings will be one factor ministers consider as they look to make a final decision about the future of the Iraq deployment.

Last year, the… Audio

Finance Minister Grant Robertson insists the fees free tertiary policy is not a failure, despite reallocating a sizable part of the funding to poly-techs due to low demand. National has criticised the… Video, Audio

National Party is calling on Housing Minister Phil Twyford to resign as it persistently asks him if he can stick to the long-held target of building 100,000 Kiwibuild homes in 10 years. So far just 80… Audio