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The bill proposes to reinstate the right to a local referendum on the establishment or ongoing use of Māori wards and Māori constituencies. This includes requiring a poll, at the next local body elections, on any Māori wards and Māori constituencies ...

Politicians and farmers are aiming to raise $300,000 to help farmers affected by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Mrs Hayes said the replacement of the words “woman” and “mother” with the broader term “whānau” was among other changes to the current midwifery scope of practice opposed by 90% of respondents in a feedback document released by the ...

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When Fa’anānā Efeso Collins gave his maiden speech last week, it was more special than he could possibly have imagined. It wasn’t actually his first speech...

OPINION Somewhere in a parallel universe, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon led a government delegation to Tūrangawaewae on January 20. He said they were...

OPINION As he took what is probably the first real holiday of his adult life, Labour leader Chris Hipkins may have felt an unfamiliar feeling: irrelevance....

Analysis - The government sets a cracking pace in dismantling Labour's legislation, Winston Peters has a fine time as Acting PM and Nicola Willis springs the surprise of the week.

Judith Collins has been appointed a Kings Counsel even before she has had time to show her performance as Attorney General and even though previous highly respected lawyers such as David Lange, Geoffrey Palmer and Margaret Wilson were not appointed while serving as Attorneys General.