The Government says 786,000 more women will benefit from free cervical screening under a plan aimed at eliminating cervical cancer.
Health
Tuesday 6:24pm
2:48
Labour leader Chris Hipkins said currently New Zealand-trained nurses looking for work had no option but to seek employment overseas.
Mon, Aug 31
2:24
He argued Māori health providers themselves had told Labour that direct funding mattered more than the structure.
Sun, Aug 30
Labour's Māori development spokesperson Willie Jackson said he expected up to 3000 Māori would benefit from the plan.
Te Ao Māori
Sat, Aug 29
"New Zealanders simply cannot afford an extra 22 cents a litre on their fuel bills every time they fill up the car," says Chris Hipkins.
Politics
Thu, Aug 27
Chris Hipkins said today he wanted a greatly improved version of National's legislation "implemented" by the next government after the election.
Tue, Aug 25
The bill won't get through Parliament before the election, and the proposed system excludes a range of digital services based on existing Australian standards.
Mon, Aug 24
Labour leader Chris Hipkins framed November's election as a choice about the country's direction.
The party released a fiscal strategy this morning, adopting the same surplus timeline forecast in Budget 2026 but promising a different route to it.
Sun, Aug 23
It has not yet decided what its new "realistic and achievable" Clean Vehicle Standard settings will be, however.
Fri, Aug 21
Luxon will face Hipkins on October 6, but has turned down TVNZ's second leaders' debate scheduled for two days before the November 7 election.
Thu, Aug 20
"Chris Hipkins is a serial flip-flopper, telling Kiwis one thing, while his caucus is doing another," says National campaign chairperson Simeon Brown.
Tue, Aug 18
Superintendent Rakesh Naidoo followed police policy, a review has found.
Thu, Aug 13
Assistant Commissioner Tim Anderson apologised to Naidoo and Richard Chambers for "the confusion, which has resulted in incorrect information being provided to media".
The poll landed as National MPs met behind closed doors this morning before deciding they still wanted PM Christopher Luxon as leader.
Wed, Aug 12
"We're going back to work and we're moving on," says the Prime Minister in a 76-second statement.
"There was not a single person in the Labour team who thought that we should be open to working with NZ First, given their recent behaviour."
Mon, Aug 10
On these numbers Prime Minister Christopher Luxon would still have the numbers to form a government, though the margin has slimmed.
Fri, Aug 7
The proposal has sparked criticism from across Parliament, with a constitutional expert arguing it has "zero" chance of becoming reality.
The package would cost $1.56 billion over four years, funding by a "refocusing" of the Government's investment boost policy.
Business
Thu, Aug 6
The Labour leader said Peters should not be foreign minister in any government.
Tue, Aug 4
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has dismissed the comments as "attention-seeking" rather than firing his Foreign Minister.
Thu, Jul 30
Yesterday, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon appeared to rule out working with Opportunity, and said National didn't want to "do business" with anyone seeking to impose new taxes.
Tue, Jul 28
"Well, I'm just saying to you, they want to increase taxes," he told media.
Mon, Jul 27
The latest row came yesterday morning, when ACT candidate Paul Henry said on Radio Hauraki he would "shoot" Labour leader Chris Hipkins.
Fri, Jul 24
