Simon Bridges

Opposition leader Simon Bridges says the Labour-led government is opening the floodgates to industrial disruption. Four thousand state sector workers at the Inland Revenue Department and the Ministry… Audio

All government agencies will be scrutinised as part of an expanded probe by the State Services Commission into the use of security firm Thompson and Clark. RNZ has been told no government agency has… Audio

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been inundated with well wishes from around the globe since the birth of her daughter. The baby was born at quarter to five yesterday afternoon at Auckland City… Audio

Final results from the Northcote by-election are in and one clear voting trend has emerged. More and more people are voting early. More than half did this time - the highest percentage ever - and it… Audio

The Opposition leader Simon Bridges is distancing himself from party MPs who argue climate change is bogus, saying the scientific evidence speaks for itself. And he won't rule out making farmers pay… Audio

National has held on to the Northcote seat, taking more than half the vote in Saturday's by-election. Dan Bidois beat the Labour candidate Shanan Halbert by 1300 votes well down on the more than… Audio

The National Party celebrated alongside the All Blacks on Saturday night, with its candidate Dan Bidois winning the Northcote by-election. It puts National's numbers in Parliament back up to 56, but… Audio

National leader Simon Bridges is travelling throughout the country so so-called ordinary voters can get to know him. Reporter Sarah Murphy followed him to Warkworth to find out what locals made of… Video, Audio

Housing New Zealand is under fire with claims it wasted $100m on meth testing houses which posed no health risks. The evictions and testing mostly happened under the last National government, so where… Audio

The next election is a long way off and new party leaders are still bedding in. But already TV news networks and their political pundits are predicting what will happen next based on the opinion polls… Audio

Farmers across New Zealand willl find out the fate of cattle infected with Mycoplasma Bovis today. The government is expected to make an announcement this afternoon on whether to eradicate the disease… Audio

National leader Simon Bridges discusses the first Labour government Budget with Guyon Espiner. "In the best of conditions they're still managing to break their promises," he says. On the spending &amp… Audio

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Ahead of this week's budget the Education Minister has been trying to damp down expectations. Chris Hipkins says the sector is in far more strife than he'd been led to believe and there's a billion… Audio

In Parliament’s Oral Question the Opposition took a lead from the All Black’s Sam Whitelock and tried Front Loading as a tactic Audio

The government's decision to boost foreign aid to the Pacific is under attack from the National Party. Opposition leader Simon Bridges says the government has its priorities badly wrong, when it's… Audio

Environment Minister David Parker says farmers may be forced to cut cow numbers to meet tougher rules around protecting waterways. National leader Simon Bridges joins us with his reaction. He says he… Audio