Stories by Craig McCulloch

Further regulation of the supermarket sector may hit a snag in the form of David Seymour, who is mounting strong opposition to any such move.

Christopher Luxon has no plans to raise the Interislander "ferry fiasco" during his trip to South Korea this week.

The government is almost tripling the fee charges to most international visitors.

交通部长Simeon Brown表示，让交通系统的受益者为路网维护做出贡献是合情合理的。

It comes as the Privileges Committee endorsed former Speaker Adrian Rurawhe's response to co-leader Rawiri Waititi appearing to breach a suppression order in the House last year.

The government has announced a roadmap for moving all light vehicles away from the fuel tax and on to road user charges.

A hearing is set for 10am on Thursday at the High Court in Auckland.

Commodore Garin Golding will be promoted to Rear Admiral and Brigadier Rose King to Major General - the first ever woman in that role.

In the pouring rain and whipping winds, politicians arrived at Ngāruawāhia's Tūrangawaewae marae for te Koroneihana, the 18th anniversary of the Māori King's coronation.

The typically apolitical…

Critics are targetting funding for a new street dance contest and salaries at the Ministry for Regulation.

The anti-red tape department is overseen by the ACT leader, who secured its creation during coalition negotiations last year.

The appointment of Stephen Rainbow has prompted concern from some over his pro-Israel views and previous comments about "a trans agenda".

The PM has made another flub when promoting his beneficiary crackdown, massively overstating his government's increase in case managers.

Labour says it remains cautious but will withhold judgement for now, while the Greens want to see more detail about the government's shake-up.

Labour MP Duncan Webb has deleted the video, after refusing to apologise for publishing it. Audio

Defence Force staff running a programme for jobless young adults struggled to deal with violent and at-risk youth. Audio

Power Play - A boost in Pharmac funding will go a long way to rebuilding the dent in National's credibility and trust, but the damage could have been avoided in the first place.

"Watch them in the wild," the Racing Minister said during an exchange at a select committee.

MPs' perks are back in the spotlight.

Government ministers hoping to bask in a post-Budget glow this week have instead been trying to tamp down the backlash to a big broken promise.

The clock is now ticking for the coalition to correct…

At last, the tax cut tease is over, the full details on full display. The Budget's headline was only ever going to be tax cuts - and they arrived almost exactly as promised.

Finance Minister Nicola…

近150亿减税款项未来4年"资金充足"，同时对税阶做出调整。

National has kept its tax cut promise, laying out a relief package largely in line with the 'Back Pocket Boost' it campaigned on during the election.

Several long-standing MPs were astonished when Ricardo Menéndez March dropped the f-bomb in Parliament.

Christopher Luxon has fronted an unapologetic defence of National's first months in power, its pace of change and commitment to tax relief.