(Clockwise from top right) Aupito William Sio, Poto Williams, David Clark, Jamie Strange, Paul Eagle, and Marja Lubeck will retire at the 2023 general elections....

Photo: RNZ / Anneke Smith "By-elections, they're a phenomenon in themselves," - Former Labour Prime Minister Helen Clark Hamilton West polling for a new MP closes on...

Acting Prime Minister Grant Robertson says it would cost upwards of a billion dollars a year in additional funding to move directly to universal dental...

Labour Party leader Jacinda Ardern. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is taking the latest poll figures with a "grain of salt"...

Claire Szabó and Jacinda Ardern (file picture). Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas Labour's outgoing president Claire Szabó has taken the stage at the party's annual...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and partner Clarke Gayford with Antarctica NZ chief executive Sarah Williamson, second left, and Antarctica NZ Board chairman Sir Brian Roche,...

The government has had a bad week, with higher-than-expected inflation, a by-election that Labour is expected to lose, Winston Peters returning to the political stage...

Rocket Lab's detractors argue that there is no guarantee that its launches for foreign governments will not be used to facilitate the use of nuclear...

Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone ACT has released a policy document setting out its opposition to co-governance, and proposals for how to counter it. The...

Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Results from many local body elections show a political shift to the right, but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told Morning...

Auckland mayoral incumbent Wayne Brown and his wife Toni talking to a supporter. Photo: RNZ / Lucy Xia The city has spoken - or 30...

Turnout is expected to be well under 50 percent in most races. Photo: RNZ National leader Christopher Luxon has joined calls for urgent reform to...

Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has condemned North Korea's latest launch of a ballistic missile, saying it is "unacceptable - in...

A recent poll suggests Christopher Luxon's National Party is three points above Labour. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver Analysis - Another opinion poll points to...

National Party leader Christopher Luxon Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver As the National Party remains narrowly ahead of Labour in the latest polling, leader Christopher...

Finance Minister Grant Robertson says the government has pulled back on spending. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver Finance Minister Grant Robertson says New Zealand is...

Sam Uffindell and Christopher Luxon. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Analysis - Sam Uffindell is back in National's fold but Christopher Luxon's refusal to release...

Labour MP Anna Lorck says she has committed to becoming a better MP after bullying allegations. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Labour MP Anna Lorck...

National leader Christopher Luxon Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone National MPs have not seen an executive summary or the report into Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell,...

Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone From the Big Smoke to the Big Apple. Fresh from the Queen's funeral, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is winging her...

While there were sound public health reasons to scrap the traffic light system and get New Zealand back to normal, Ardern and her ministers must...

Anna Lorck says she and Labour take their obligations to staff seriously. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Labour MP for Tukituki Anna Lorck is undergoing...