Politics

From 23 hours to nearly 60 — Invercargill's urgent doctor service now runs 11.30am–8pm weekdays and 9am–5pm weekends, easing pressure on A&E.

A 12,800-signature petition and a locomotive shortage are part of the picture — Peters says access to engines is one hurdle before more South Island trains can run.

Guy Fawkes is less than four weeks away — and NZ First says retail sales, manufacture and imports would all stop, while approved public displays carry on.

Seymour says NZ pays over $1 million an hour in interest on govt debt — ACT's plan aims to wipe $12.4b of it in four years, no new taxes.

Reliable fertiliser access underpins Southland's farming production base — and National says without a plan to secure it, that base can't hold.

The government's books are in better shape than expected, with Treasury forecasting a significantly smaller deficit and a path back to surplus that Finance Minister Nicola Willis called "within a hair's breadth" of breaking even a year ahead of schedule. The Pre-election Economic and

Media celebrity and now politician Paul Henry was in Invercargill on Wednesday part of his unlocked tour. He hosted a meeting and chat. Here is his full speech. I'm standing, the New Zealand I'm looking at is not as good, it's not as positive,

The Green Party wants to nationalise 120 supermarkets. The right thinks it's communism. The left thinks it's overdue. Everyone agrees the grocery duopoly is a problem — they just disagree on whether the cure is worse than the disease. The policy, branded KiwiMart, would force Foodstuffs and