PremiumPremiumPoliticsOnly a third of boarding houses have sprinklersMost buildings like Wellington's Loafers Lodge do not have sprinklers.23 May 05:00 PM
Politics‘Police are seen as fair game’: Assaults on police nearly doubleNewstalk ZB can reveal officers reported more than 1000 attacks in the past year.23 May 05:00 PM
PoliticsCalls for National to front up with costings for tax cuts, estimated to be $8.2bAn economist warns the cuts will not be affordable without major public service cuts.23 May 05:00 PM
PoliticsSeizing fleeing drivers’ cars risked Bill of Rights breach - Attorney-GeneralThe bill went through its first reading in the House under urgency last week.23 May 06:57 AM
PoliticsHipkins will ‘eventually’ look at tax changes, but issues a warningThe Prime Minister warned tax cuts now would be inflationary.23 May 12:45 AM
New ZealandListen live: Hipkins talks to Hosking after US-Pacific SummitChris Hipkins was in Papua New Guinea for 23 hours for the United States-Pacific Summit.22 May 06:23 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionSimon WilsonSimon Wilson: The insidious climate denialism of Christopher LuxonOPINION: NZ Steel move is a model for emissions reductions - but it can't be the only way.22 May 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsInflation takes away gains from Labour’s Working for Families packageInflation is eating away at people's benefits.22 May 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsNew law opens door to more research on tax paid, or not paid, by the super richA new bill makes it easier for the IRD to regularly probe and report people's tax affairs.22 May 05:05 AM
PoliticsWatch: PM Chris Hipkins speaks in Papua New GuineaPM Chris Hipkins holds a media stand-up in Papua New Guinea. Video / RNZWatch21 May 09:37 PM
PoliticsNZ Steel to transition away from burning coal with $140 million Govt subsidyThe change is equivalent to taking 300,000 cars off the road.21 May 07:24 PM
PoliticsLuxon: What Budget got wrong - and the projects he wants to work on with LabourThe National leader wanted to see more fiscal responsibility.21 May 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsExplainer: Why Govt is making a big deal of steel emissions initiativePM Chris Hipkins called it NZ's 'largest-ever emissions reduction project'.21 May 05:00 PM
KahuRob Campbell: 'I failed at Te Whatu Ora. I should have been far more disruptive'Ex Health NZ boss Rob Campbell addresses a group of clinical health professionals21 May 02:45 AM
PoliticsGovt to spend $140m on NZ Steel's move away from burning coalThe change is equivalent to taking 300,000 cars off the road.21 May 01:00 AM
KahuGreen Party candidate list includes nine Māori'We can push the Crown to uphold its promise to guarantee tino rangatiratanga'.20 May 10:05 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionBeehive Diaries: A Budget whoopsie and Erica Stanford's awkward question for David SeymourNational's education spokesperson tries to find out if Act leader covets same job as her20 May 07:19 AM
PoliticsGreen Party unveils its list for October’s general electionThe relatively unchanged list has a few fresh faces.20 May 02:00 AM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandWayne Brown says age is 'totally irrelevant': The rise of the elderly politiciansAnyone who dared raise his age risked being flattened, one older politician said.19 May 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionClaire TrevettClaire Trevett: Nats' penny-pinching reaction to Budget puts heat on Luxon over tax cutsNational's Budget response feeds right into PM Chris Hipkins 'coalition of cuts' line.19 May 05:00 PM
PoliticsWhich policies are the winner and losers of Budget 2023?Which policies are big winners - and which ones are 'really silly'.19 May 07:11 AM
PoliticsBudget 2023: Rise in MPs requesting security prompts $5.7m boostSome of the funding would also be used to increase security staff on Parliament grounds.19 May 05:03 AM
PoliticsWealthy donors match $150,000 in small donations to LabourThey were the latest in 11 donations above $20,000 to political parties declared in May.19 May 04:32 AM
OpinionOpinion: NZ’s Budget used a ‘gender lens’Budget 2023 included a gender budgeting 'snapshot' - and was the first to do so.19 May 02:55 AM
PoliticsPromising Labour MP chosen as candidate in Auckland’s Epsom electorateCamilla Belich missed out on Mt Albert, despite being endorsed by Ardern.18 May 11:42 PM
KahuLabour’s Māori caucus 'all satisfied' with the $825 million ‘Māori Budget’Minister Willie Jackson defends drop in funding - these are 'very, very tough times'.18 May 09:03 PM
Politics‘There will be higher interest rates’: Luxon calls Robertson’s Budget ‘reckless’The Finance Minister has made a big bet on inflation coming down.18 May 07:03 PM
New ZealandLodge resident charged with arson, Budget 2023 revealed & wet weekend ahead | Focus Morning Bulletin: 19 May, 2023 Police charge man with arson over deadly Loafers Lodge fire, the good and the bad from this year’s Budget and Auckland’s Mayor off to South Korea, what he and his delegation have planned in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald Watch18 May 05:55 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionClaire TrevettClaire Trevett: Not an election-winning Budget, but not a loser eitherOPINION: The Budget won’t win Labour the election. It wasn’t designed to.18 May 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsThomas Coughlan: Labour fires first shot in world’s smallest class warLabour is tentatively turning its back on the propertied.18 May 05:00 PM
VideoFocus: Budget 2023 - public reactionsImmediate public reactions to the budget announcement in Auckland city. Video / NZ HeraldWatch18 May 08:34 AM
New ZealandFocus: All you need to know - Budget 2023Join Thomas Coughlan as he provides a summary of all you need to know from the governments budget announcement 2023. Video / Mark MitchellWatch18 May 06:45 AM
New ZealandFocus: Budget 2023 - Grant Robertson talks on the impacts on infrastructure Grant Robertson talks on the impacts on infrastructure after the budget announcement earlier today.Watch18 May 06:27 AM
New ZealandFocus: Budget 2023 - Grant Robertson talks about forecast growth and the rate of unemploymentGrant Robertson talks about forecast growth and the rate of unemployment following today's announcement.Watch18 May 06:05 AM