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Invercargill City councillor Nobby Clark won’t be moved and he won’t be bullied into signing any non-disclosure agreement either. “There is a much wider need for the community to be informed… when you are talking about major projects over the next five years, there needs to be a debate about that,”

The government massively underestimated the number of people who would be returning to New Zealand – and the cost of keeping them in managed isolation, according to documents released today. Hundreds of documents related to the government’s pandemic response were released this morning. They included

The One News Colmar Brunton poll released tonight has support for Labour at 53 percent, National at 32 percent, NZ First at 2 percent, and the Greens at 5 percent, and ACT is at 5 percent. The New Conservatives and Māori parties were each on 1 percent. On those results, Labour could govern alone. La

National is planning to launch a new scheme if elected into government that will offer cash incentives for New Zealanders who have lost their jobs due to Covid-19 to start their own businesses. The BusinessStart policy would give successful applicants $30,000 through KiwiSaver savings, tax credits a

Potentially thousands of UK-based New Zealanders are in a race to get back to New Zealand, with their visas set to expire in the coming days. The UK’s Home Office granted all overseas nationals an extension to their visas until 31 July – but with that date just a week away, New Zealanders in the UK

The Prime Minister’s plan to announce a roughly $100 million recovery package for Southland, in the wake of the likely closure of the Tiwai Smelter, was scuppered by New Zealand First at the eleventh hour.   RNZ understands, as a result, there will not be any specific amount of money allocated to th

Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway has been sacked from Cabinet and will not stand again at the election following revelations of a relationship with a former staffer. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said it became clear his position as a minister was untenable as it opened up allegations of impr

Analysis – It appears New Zealand First and the Greens have given up trying to hide their true feelings. The unofficial campaign has well and truly kicked off with the party leaders taking the gloves off and going at each other at Parliament today. Green Party co-leader James Shaw has described New