Stories by Benedict Collins

Winston Peters claims his own polling shows he is set to win far more votes - 20 percent - in the coming election than media polls predicting he'll take about 9 percent.

The State Services Commission will decide this week whether to separately investigate claims whistleblowers were forced out of jobs.

Two former Ministry of Transport workers tell RNZ of finding fake invoices, raising the alarm about fraudster Joanne Harrison and then finding themselves out of work. Audio

The Speaker of the House is standing by Martin Matthews' appointment as Auditor-General amid calls for an inquiry into fraud at the ministry he used to lead.

The Transport Ministry has launched a fresh investigation after former staff came forward saying they believed jailed fraudster Joanne Harrison forced them out. Audio

Young Aucklanders have given up on ever being able to afford a house, they say, but Prime Minister Bill English insists the government's approach to housing is succeeding. Audio

The Prime Minister says he does not understand why Australia thinks New Zealand is a backdoor route for migrants wanting to get into their country.

Foreign Minister Gerry Brownlee has been accused of rolling over and adopting the Australian government's position on its controversial education changes.

Incorrect tax details are being supplied to the government in nearly one in 20 property transactions, but IRD says that a normal rate.

An electric-hybrid limousine is being put through its paces to see whether it's up to the job of transporting politicians and VIPs around the country.

A convicted government fraudster not only tricked officials into hiring her husband - she also organised his $100,000 salary.

The jailed Ministry of Transport fraudster Joanne Harrison appears to have tricked another government agency into giving her husband a job.

The government department set up to make the economy bigger isn't sure it can reach the goals it set for itself when it was created five years ago.

The adult minimum wage is set to rise 50c to $15.75 an hour today.

The Māori Development Minister has hit back at what he says are lies being told about his Māori land law bill.

It is impossible the Defence Force carried out a simultaneous raid on a separate Afghan village the night that civilians were killed, the authors say. Video, Audio

Former Prime Minister Jenny Shipley's appointment to a role worth $28,000 for about 20 days work a year is completely above board, the government says.

Joanne Harrison stole from her employer, the Ministry of Transport, over five years. A series of emails shed some light on how she went undetected for so long.

At least $800 million of government money will be spent decommissioning privately-owned offshore oil rigs over the next 25 years.

Convicted fraudster Joanne Harrison urged the head of the Ministry of Transport to close down an inquiry nearly two years before she was caught, but Martin Matthews is emphatic he did not do so.

The Transport Minister has refused to order an investigation into whether an "incredibly manipulative" fraudster was able to restructure attempted whistleblowers out of the ministry.

The government set a goal to make it easier for business to deal with the government and initially succeeded. Then it apparently shot itself in foot.

Staff repeatedly raised concerns about Ministry of Transport fraudster Joanne Harrison's conduct, MPs have been told.

The government decided to shut the door to immigrant's parents without the Immigration Minister seeing a report showing under 2 percent were taking up welfare support.

Labour's new deputy leader Jacinda Ardern has attacked the government over its refusal to hold an inquiry into historical abuse claims.