Policy

While environmental groups are crying foul over the Government's Fast Track Approval bill, it has received a support across a range of industries.

The legislation, which passed its first reading on… Audio

Staff fear job cuts are coming at one of the country's top research organisations, Callaghan Innovation.

The Crown agency is holding a staff meeting Friday morning on what it calls a strategic… Audio

Friday is the Government's 100th day and the Prime Minister is confident they have completed their 49-point to-do list.

The items ranged from introducing legislation, like Thursday's fast track… Audio

The government has announced another key piece of legislation as it rushes towards its 100 Day Plan deadline.

The Fast Track Approvals Bill is part of National's coalition agreement with New Zealand… Audio

The government is scrambling to tick off its 49-point agenda amid the final week of their first 100 days in office.

And the Labour party is finding plenty to criticise.

It says National's proposed… Audio

The country's highest court is to weigh in on whether police officers are allowed to take pictures of people on the street, without permission.

The Supreme Court will hear the matter on Wednesday and… Audio

Roads are the focus of the Government's new draft transport plan, while climate targets have been put on the backburner.

The new plan promises 15 new highways and a new fund to fix potholes, while… Audio

The coalition government is proposing increasing petrol excise tax by 12 cents per litre in 2027 to help pay for new roads.

The Transport Minister Simeon Brown has announced a raft of changes to be… Audio

A week ago, Alabama's Supreme Court ruled that embryos were "extrauterine children".  Audio

The world-first law that would have created a smokefree generation in Aotearoa New Zealand was repealed under urgency by the coalition government on Wednesday. A tobacco control expert tells Susie… Audio

The Prime Minister is claiming a $52,000 accommodation supplement to cover expenses while staying in Wellington, because he has chosen not to live in Premier House.

Christopher Luxon will claim the… Audio

Some teachers refused to help when the government asked them just days before Christmas to write guidelines for teaching new NCEA standards.

They weren't swayed by the offer of $5000 to complete the… Audio

The Prime Minister is refusing to rule out freeing up access to semi-automatic guns.

The government is rewriting the Arms Act this term - changes that may include allowing competitive shooters access… Audio

A former police minister in the last Labour government says he wanted his party to go further in its bid to crack down on gangs' assets.

The new National-led coalition is banning gang patches in… Audio

An RNZ investigation has revealed the Associate Health Minister Casey Costello rejected official's urges to retain parts of the smokefree laws she is planning to repeal.

The current law was set to… Audio

Confidential briefings to Associate Health Minister Casey Costello reveal health officials urged the government to retain key aspects of the smokefree law.

Casey Costello plans to scrap the current… Audio

From next week, people who lived in Britain, France and the Republic of Ireland during the mad cow disease outbreak of the 1980s and 90s, will be able to give blood.

Restrictions were imposed more… Audio

Child advocates have criticised the government saying it doesn't have any specific strategy to fight child poverty.

They say changes to benefit indexing and tax cut policies won't help families that… Audio

Forget about high decile and low decile when you are talking about schools.

From now on the words to use are fewest barriers and most barriers.

That is the way government agencies are grouping… Audio