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A weekly analysis of significant political issues.
The Free Trade Agreement with India has been signed, with National and New Zealand First continuing to disagree over what's been signed up t...
Christopher Luxon has stared down his critics in caucus, forcing his MPs to demonstrate their loyalty with a dramatic vote of confidence. He...
Cyclone Vaianu has resurfaced difficult questions around resilience and retreat. And did New Zealand dodge disaster - or just over-do the wa...
In Focus on Politics, political reporter Lillian Hanly takes a look at a meeting between Foreign Minister Winston Peters and his US counterp...
The fuel crisis has forced responses from the government on supply and cost, but the problem must be handled with care - and perceptions of...
The coalition is urging calm in face of the war in the Middle East, insisting New Zealand has ample fuel supplies, while quietly exploring t...
Former Labour MP Peeni Henare has called time on his 12 year career in Parliament. He sits down with political reporter Lillian Hanly to dis...
As the government "acknowledges" the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, opposition parties are questioning their legality. Political reporter Giles...
Police will be able to tell rough sleepers and 'disorderly' people to move on, with the government announcing new powers and penalties. But...
The coalition has weakened housing intensification plans in Auckland after backlash from proponents of heritage homes. Political reporter An...
When is a tax not a tax? That question derailed this week's gas announcement, as ministers scrambled to explain a new levy despite having pr...
The leaders of ACT, New Zealand First, Te Pāti Māori, and the Green Party sit down with RNZ's press gallery team to share their thoughts on...
RNZ's political team sits down with the leaders of the two major parties - National's Christopher Luxon and Labour's Chris Hipkins - to refl...
The government is telling councils to 'live within their means' and is introducing a rates cap. It's popular with ratepayers who have seen t...
Just six weeks after voters elected new regional councillors, their jobs now hang in the balance after a government proposal to abolish them...
The Arms Act has been home to New Zealand's gun laws since 1983, though it's had many, many iterations. The coalition has now overhauled the...
The IPCA's blistering report has torn open a years-long saga of misconduct and misplaced loyalty. In Focus on Politics, RNZ acting political...
If you follow New Zealand politics, you'll want to follow Politics NZ. Get Nine to Noon Politics, The Whip, Morning Report's politicians pan...
Te Pāti Māori’s internal conflict has exploded into full public view. RNZ acting political editor Craig McCulloch unpacks how the turmoil un...
RNZ acting political editor Craig McCulloch takes a look at Labour's long-awaited tax plan and the old ghosts now stirring. Go to this episo...
The largest strike in decades swept the country this week - or at least tried to, as wild winds blew away rallies. Behind the picket lines,...
Political reporter Anneke Smith looks into the government's plans to soften its targets for methane emissions - and what the farming and sci...
Te Pāti Māori has regrouped after the death of an MP, a confronting outburst about multiculturalism and a key ally - Toitū Te Tiriti - sever...
In Focus on Politics this week, the government's struggle to convince with its big energy announcement augurs a stormy election season ahead...
A new Reserve Bank governor has been appointed, and Dr Anna Breman is well aware her first task will be to rebuild transparency and accounta...
The latest RNZ-Reid Research poll showed a deadlocked Parliament and some uninspiring results for Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins. The p...
There were plenty of political attacks flying around New Zealand First's annual general meeting last weekend and it's government partners we...
The door to foreign home ownership was slammed shut by the Labour-New Zealand First coalition in 2018. Now, a slight tweak cracks it open fo...
Labour's Peeni Henare and Te Pāti Māori's Oriini Kaipara are vying for the Māori seat made vacant by the shock passing of Takutai Tarsh Kemp...
The coalition is under pressure from the cost-of-living crisis, with job losses, soaring food prices and a construction slowdown hitting har...
With political polls predicting a knife-edge election, what is the opposition promising, how could all three parties work together, and who'...
In Focus on Politics, the government's long-expected rework of NCEA morphed into a full replacement - at least, that's how the prime ministe...
As global powers like France, the UK and Canada move to recognise Palestine, New Zealand is increasingly finding itself out on its own. Oppo...
The debate over butter prices has National on the back foot, and the party is accusing the opposition of having no ideas - a seeming reversa...
ACT launched its annual rally with a nod to coalition unity - but its leader David Seymour quickly stirred discord with a fiery letter to th...
A select committee has heard thirty hours of submissions on David Seymour's Regulatory Standards Bill. The vast majority were opposed, but t...
In Focus on Politics this week, RNZ's Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira goes to Opaea Marae, just north of Taihape, as Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Tarsh K...
The United States enters the war between Israel and Iran, and the world calls for de-escalation. By the end of the week there's a ceasefire...
Methamphetamine use has exploded over the past year and the government is "actively" looking at ways to respond. At the same time, Associate...
The latest RNZ-Reid Research Poll shows the left-bloc would have enough seats to govern. Is this a punishment for the pay equity changes? An...
In Focus on Politics, RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch sits down with the incoming and outgoing deputy prime ministers to mark th...
In Focus on Politics this week, the coalition debuts its second Budget - taking the knife to numerous government programmes in order to boos...
In Focus on Politics, RNZ's deputy political editor Craig McCulloch walks through the week at Parliament, a week featuring C-bombs and unpre...
In Focus on Politics, RNZ Deputy Political Editor Craig McCulloch breaks down the government's shock shake-up of the pay equity regime - the...
The coalition is pushing for more public-private partnerships (PPPs) in an effort to boost infrastructure investment. Political reporter Ann...
The government has finally released its Defence Capability Plan, with phrases like 'enhanced lethality' and 'force multiplier' laying bare h...
The new RNZ-Reid Research Poll shows the political race has tightened since the election, but the coalition parties are still holding on to...
There was outrage from across the political spectrum this week, following comments by Green MP Tamatha Paul about police beat patrols making...
In Focus on Politics, Anneke Smith examines the Prime Minister’s performance in India and takes a look at what the Foreign Affairs Minister...
In Focus on Politics, RNZ's political editor Jo Moir breaks down a bad poll for the coalition, and the ongoing fallout from the school lunch...