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Former National Party minister will chair the board of Pharmac which has been burnished with a $1.7 billion budget boost

Here's what has been announced.

"This did not reflect well on those who decided and chose this process."

"To hear via a public announcement ... This did not reflect well on those who decided," Productivity Commission chair Ganesh Nana says.

By Gyles Beckford, RNZ The head of the Productivity Commission has hit out at what he calls the cruel and thoughtless way it has been axed. The commission...

So much pain is inflicted in the name of this figure. But was it ever more than an arbitrary choice, asks Canadian academic Louis-Philippe Rochon

The summer holidays are usually a dead zone for domestic political news - but the unseasonal and unexpected downfall of Golriz Ghahraman bucked the trend this month. Media copped criticism from some for reporting the allegations that led to her resignation - while others railed at media for failing to condemn her alleged crimes and playing the ‘mental health card'. 

The National Party is adamant that it can provide a mini budget by Christmas, despite slow progress in coalition talks.

The National Party is adamant that it can provide a mini budget by Christmas, despite slow progress in coalition talks. National has been...

Labour has produced its own version of National's fiscal plan.