New Zealand First leader Winston Peters wants the election delayed, saying there is now no ability to conduct a free and fair election on 19 September. Winston Peters speaks to media on his way to the debating chamber in Parliament, Wellington.Winston Peters has passed on his request to Prime Minist
The Director General of Health is revealing the latest details on the response to the current community outbreak of Covid-19 in New Zealand. Watch a live stream of the media conference here. The Director General of Health is revealing the latest details on the response to the current community outbr
The government has extended Auckland’s Covid Alert Level 3 and the rest of the country’s Alert Level 2 for an additional 12 days after a Cabinet meeting this afternoon. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield have just announced the decision at a briefing at th
Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has revealed the latest number of new Covid-19 cases in the community at today’s daily briefing. Yesterday 13 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in the Auckland community with one case confirmed in managed isolation. As of yesterday, there were 36 ac
National Party leader Judith Collins has endorsed Act’s David Seymour in the Epsom seat. Like her predecessors, Collins is asking National supporters in the Auckland electorate to give their vote to Seymour, rather than National’s candidate, Paul Goldsmith. “I’m very happy to say that we want the pa
A bill aimed at improving transparency and boosting competition in the wholesale fuel market has passed its final reading. The Fuel Industry Bill is the government’s response to recommendations to the Commerce Commission’s fuel market study. Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods said it would de
The auditor general says the $3 billion Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) needs to be more transparent about how it operates. That is one of three recommendations in a report released today. But the minister in charge of the fund, Shane Jones, said he had seen no evidence officials had not been open abou
The government has set in motion a plan for a major overhaul of the law that’s supposed to sustainably manage New Zealand’s natural and physical resources. Environment Minister David Parker said the 30-year-old Resource Management Act (RMA) needed to be changed to reduce complexity and costs. “While
