The Credit Contracts Legislation Amendment Bill, which aims to stop people falling prey to loan sharks, has passed its third reading in Parliament. Under the changes a credit cap will be introduced, meaning borrowers will not pay more than 100 percent......
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters is travelling to Samoa tomorrow to visit hospitals and medical teams dealing with the measles outbreak. Peters is visiting with the Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio and they will also meet with......
Scrapped National Party roading projects are in the mix for consideration in the government's new infrastructure package. On Wednesday Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced $6.8 billion of the government's $12b package would go towards......
The Auditor-General has been unable to find how Tokelau's government spent $10 million. It's the latest concern raised by the New Zealand enforcer into fiscal spending by Tokelau, which New Zealand provides with around $13m in aid each year.......
The government will heed the advice of two new reports suggesting sweeping changes to New Zealand's criminal justice system, with some changes coming into effect immediately. Justice Minister Andrew Little said the pilot Alcohol and Other Drug......
D-Day is looming for a decision on the new public broadcasting "super entity", with the final Cabinet meeting of the year on Monday. Watch Winston Peters reveal his party's stand on what public broadcasting in New Zealand should look......
The government says it will phase out more single-use plastics after welcoming a report on dealing with plastic waste that was presented to the prime minister. The Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor Juliet Gerrard presented Jacinda Ardern with......
A ratepayers' association is being set up in Mahia amid frustration with the attention paid by Wairoa District Council to local issues. The area's population swells by thousands over summer as holidaymakers and bach owners descend on its beaches. That......
The government has overhauled leadership of the nation's health boards, appointing new chairs at 13 of the 19 DHBs. Among the DHB heads are four Māori chairs, a former High Court judge, two ex-mayors and a former Labour deputy prime minister. Each......
