From gas loans to wilding pine, a run of early budget announcements have set the stage for Thursday's big reveal.

The 8,700 lost public sector jobs will be replaced, in part, by AI. But nobody can say how it will work or what it will cost.

The social housing reforms are just the latest in a series of sweeping changes to the way accommodation support is managed.

NZ First submits members’ bills the way other parties write press releases. This week, one made it all the way to the house.

The government is planning to shrink the public service to its smallest level in nearly a decade – and the capital is bracing for impact.

NZ First's plan to buy back the Bank of New Zealand has attracted scepticism – even downright ridicule – from across the political spectrum.

Comeback bids, tactical votes and bipartisan hints: a round-up of recent Election 2026 news and analysis.

With NZ First blocking any change on the right and the left reluctant to touch a valued benefit, does it matter how good the arguments are?

The same week 13,500 people queued to book the Milford Track, parliament debated how to manage New Zealand’s most popular natural places – and who pays.

TOP has a new policy platform, a new leader and a newly curious supporter base. After a decade on the margins, is this finally the party's year?

With Mariameno Kapa-Kingi gone and questions swirling over the future of two more MPs, the party is set for a difficult six months ahead.