Politics

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

We are now full swing into the election season, let’s have a some fun. Who would you prefer as Prime Minister of New Zealand. Take our poll below Cindy or Crusher? [interaction id=”5f28a72d412df40a5aff4498″] Disclaimer: This a fun poll is not scientific and closes after 24 hours.

The National Party has selected Joseph Mooney to stand in the Southland electorate for the 2020 General Election. Joseph Mooney is a senior trial lawyer and has built his own law practice in the Southern region. “I’m very excited to be selected as National’s candidate for Southland and I’ll be hitti

Recent political polls have the ACT Party sitting pretty on 5 percent meaning leader David Seymour could bring along five new friends to Parliament. Last night’s 1News Colmar Brunton poll has support for Labour at 53 percent, National at 32 percent, NZ First at 2 percent, and the Greens at 5 percent

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