06:54am Tue 25 Jun, 2019
Investment in rail infrastructure in the Wellbeing Budget will make trains more reliable and cut down on maintenance time and costs, rail ministers are announcing... Read More
12:30pm Sun 23 Jun, 2019
Funding has been announced for a satellite-based augmentation system - SBAS - which Government says will help save lives and drive innovation. The announcement... Read More
07:32am Fri 21 Jun, 2019
Gun owners feel angry, disappointed and ripped-off by the government's buyback plan, a local lobby group says. The government announced its compensation plan... Read More
01:12pm Wed 19 Jun, 2019
From July 1, family violence agencies and social services practitioners will be able to share information to better respond to family violence. The Government... Read More
06:52am Wed 19 Jun, 2019
The Government's plan to prohibit smoking in cars with children is a step closer with the Smoke-free Environments (Prohibiting Smoking in Motor Vehicles Carrying... Read More
03:00pm Sun 16 Jun, 2019
At midnight tonight submissions will close on the Education (School Donations) Amendment Bill with a lot of parents and schools not having their chance to be heard,... Read More
11:10am Sun 16 Jun, 2019
11.50am Update: The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management - MCDEM advise that there is no tsunami threat to NZ following the magnitude 7.0 Kermadec... Read More
07:00am Sun 16 Jun, 2019
The Government will invest $14.4 million into transformative new scientific research programmes including cutting-edge cancer treatment and vertical farming. Research,... Read More
01:00pm Sat 15 Jun, 2019
National's Associate Health spokesperson Maggie Barry says the Labour-led Government is failing to deliver on a promise to address issues surrounding surgical mesh. 'When... Read More
08:00pm Thu 13 Jun, 2019
A petition to change the name of Oranga Tamariki has been gaining traction online as Māori lawyers, midwives, and social workers call on the government to stop... Read More
04:57pm Thu 13 Jun, 2019
The building of state houses has ramped up nine fold in the past three years and Housing NZ is now building 2700 new homes, with 900 homes in the regions, says... Read More
06:52am Mon 10 Jun, 2019
The popularity of the Leader of the Opposition and Tauranga MP Simon Bridges has taken another hit in the latest political polls. But the MP has previously told... Read More