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
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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
