The Ministry of Education has unveiled plans to slash 565 jobs.
Combined with reductions announced by Oranga Tamariki, today's total public sector job cuts exceed...
PM Christopher Luxon has decided not to claim a $52,000 accommodation allowance for living in his Wellington apartment and will repay $13,000 he had...
Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins has said that the party's police spokeswoman Ginny Andersen over-stepped when she accused Police Minister Mark Mitchell of being...
Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon have agreed the Governor General will be advised to extend the current caretaker government arrangements until a new Government...
Proposed changes to the International Health Regulations (IHR) are set to give WHO bosses 'extraordinary' control over New Zealand in future health emergencies.
The proposed...
Watch full video of the Newshub leaders debate between Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon.
https://www.youtube.com/live/NAXkCQu_hhc?si=XjqqvyGsIGy-Ypal
The 2023 general election campaign must be the most hollow in living memory.
There really isn’t much that is positive or attractive about the electoral...
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins told reporters yesterday the COVID-19 jab was not compulsory, even though it was mandated.
Hipkins was answering a question from a...
At the announcement today in Lower Hutt, leader Chris Hipkins also said Working for Families payments would increase.
'Today I'm announcing that if re-elected Labour...
The poll conducted by Esstential for UK legacy media outlet The Guardian shows cost of living concerns could dominate this year's election.
Undecided voters came...
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods announced the deal today.
The pair lauded the agreement as a 'first of its...
Electoral calculation was surely at the centre of Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ unfortunate decision to keep flailing Minister Kiri Allan on in her job...
Full text statement of Chris Hipkins released today.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins met with Kiri Allan this morning to discuss her recent leave and allegations...
Is New Zealand about to join ‘NATO+’?
That seems to be the effective endgame, if reports ahead of New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ attendance...
Warm and constructive.
That’s how Chris Hipkins wanted his meeting with Xi Jinping on Tuesday to be remembered.
The New Zealand Prime Minister deployed the ‘warm...
'River of filth' Wood is now officially up the creek.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has accepted the resignation of Transport Minister Michael Wood.
In a press...
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins confirmed today that he will meet his UK counterpart Rishi Sunak Friday evening NZ Time.
A statement from Hipkins said talks...
On December 15th 2021 Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, Director General of Health, sent a letter to District Health Boards (DHBs) belatedly warning them for the...
The international engagements would be 'focused on advancing New Zealand’s trade and economic interests,' said the Prime Minister in a statement.
He will travel with...
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has announced his intention to promote Willow-Jean Prime to fill a vacancy in Cabinet, resulting in a 50/50 gender balance...
Two weeks ago Prime Minister Chris Hipkins was pooh-poohing questions about the need for reform lobbying rules, claiming lobbyists have the same access to...
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has announced several steps to introduce greater transparency around lobbying at Parliament.
“I said two weeks ago when lobbying came up...
The organisation made the demand in a public letter addressed to the PM, Ministers and Police Commissioner.
27/03/2023
To,
Rt Hon Chris Hipkins, Prime Minister
Hon Carmel Sepuloni,...
The Taxpayer's Union Curia poll also shows a big jump in 'favourability support' for new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins.
Full results:
Labour - 34%
National...
In recent decades the Labour Party has lost its traditional connection with working class voters, becoming more of a middle class party of liberalism.
This...
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese yesterday held their first bilateral meeting in Canberra.
It was Chris Hipkins’ first overseas visit...
New Zealand is the second least corrupt country on earth according to the latest Corruption Perception Index published yesterday by Transparency International.
But how much...
The Government is providing extra cost of living support to families and businesses, delivering on new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ promise of a greater...
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will travel to Canberra next week for an in person meeting with Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese.
“The trans-Tasman relationship is...
How much confidence should the public have in authorities managing natural disasters?
Not much, judging by the farcical way in which the civil defence emergence...