Policy

The National Party is prioritising its plan to ditch Three Waters, committing to doing so within its 100 days if it's elected.

Labour has criticised the decision, claiming National would be leaving… Audio

National's decision to form a government with New Zealand First as "as a last resort" is both a plea and a warning. What might a "cocktail" with ACT and NZF taste like? Could Luxon hold it together… Video, Audio

National has just released its policing policy, in which it commits to delivering a further 300 frontline police officers, if they're elected.

Labour also committed to the same number in their police… Audio

National wants to introduce a traffic light system that could see some beneficiaries docked income, and NZ First wants to cap the job seeker benefit at two years over a person's lifetime.

National… Audio

A US lawyer is cautioning New Zealand police to think twice about becoming more reliant on American taser and drone supplier Axon.

The police are poised to replace their old Axon tasers with new ones… Audio

Consumer rights advocates want banks to fast-track account name matching to help stave off an increasing number of scams. But how easy is it? Audio

Chris Hipkins needs a new song and dance routine and fast, or he could be doing the limbo and losing the next generation of Labour's leaders. Video, Audio

The Mayor of cyclone ravaged Wairoa wants the leaders of National and ACT to come to his town and commit to funding its rebuild.

Craig Little says neither leader has visited the small Hawke's Bay… Audio

The Labour government was warned earlier this year that removing GST from fruit and vegetables may not make them more affordable.

Ministry of Health documents obtained under the Official Information… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

The ACT Party has just announced its welfare policy, saying abandoning people to a life on welfare is a waste of human potential.

The party is promising to axe welfare benefits for people who refuse… Audio

The National Party has announced it will introduce new visas to attract high-paid foreign tech experts, if elected.

It says it has plans to award up to five-hundred work visas a year to recent… Audio

The police won't say how new tasers they're buying will be monitored for public safety.

The existing tasers used by police have built in cameras, but replacements don't and are instead meant to be… Audio

Multiple polls point to a change of government. Is National passing the sniff test? Do voters really want ACT's 'real change' or a handbrake? We ask what a centre-right government might look like. Video, Audio

The National Party's tax plan has an enormous hole in it according to analysis by economists from both sides of the political spectrum.

Their concerns centre on the proposed foreign home buyers tax -… Audio

Battered and bruised, but better than expected - that's the state of the government's books in Treasury's pre-election forecast.

The government is celebrating the state of the nation's coffers… Audio

The National Party is under pressure to explain where evicted anti-social Kāinga Ora tenants would go. 

The party says it would direct Kāinga Ora to evict and relocate repeat and serious anti-social… Audio

Scientific research has taken Dr Chandrika Nath from pole to pole. As a glaciologist she has worked in Lapland and Antarctica, spending 100 days in the latter collecting data samples in extreme… Audio