Stories by Anneke Smith

As the party begins its year, leader Chris Hipkins says it needs to up its game on the cost of living, crime and the economy.

Labour MPs are gathering in Palmerston North for their annual caucus retreat this morning, off the back of a favourable poll result.

Simeon Brown's opposition to abortion as been on the public record for years, having led a pro-life group at university and voted reform in 2020.

"It honestly just sounded like they were dropping metal pipes on the ceiling above my room and it went on for a good hour."

A group of 20 scientists from New Zealand - and abroad - are about to head to the bottom of the world to study the impacts of climate change on Antarctica's Ross Sea.

部分已经提交的意见将被视作正常提交，技术专员表示，网站问题可能是由于流量过载或恶意攻击导致的。

Experts say an unprecedented flood of feedback may have been caused by a cyber attack. Audio

Parliament's justice select committee has agreed to extend the deadline after receiving a record 300,000 submissions.

People have expressed frustration and outrage this week, after persisent technical issues stopped them from submitting on the Treaty Principles Bill.

Parliament's justice select committee will meet to discuss what to do about website problems that meant people couldn't meet the deadline. Audio

What the return of Donald Trump to the White House might mean for New Zealanders.

The legislation proposes to rewrite the treaty principles long-defined by the courts Audio

The former political figure who sexually abused two teens in the late 1990s will challenge his case in the Court of Appeal next year.

Robyn Dandy plans to use her $150K payment to go on a South Island roadtrip with her pets in honour of the grandson she's lost.

A complaint has been laid after 33 police staff visited China in October, while former spy minister Andrew Little says the trip "ought to be a worry". Audio

"This would have to be, if not the number one, then the number two biggest political clanger of the last 20 or 30 years." Audio

"We're dealing with complex, high-risk youth offenders," Oranga Tamariki deputy chief says after confirming two out of 10 youths absconded from the trial and a third died in a crash.

Police Commissioner Richard Chambers has stopped short of giving MPs his opinion on how the coalition's gun law changes could impact officer safety.

National and NZ First agreed to a two-year deadline in their coalition deal, but a year on, officer numbers have gone backwards.

Christmas has arrived early at Parliament, with a posse of 20 santas bringing their own southern wish list to the capital.

Deputy Commissioner Heather Baggot says there has been a "rapid shift" in the Commission's operating environment.

The former defence minister says New Zealand will continue to depend on Australia, the UK and the US for military technology, whether it joins AUKUS or not.

The $100m vessel was insured for salvaging operations but not replacement.

The Royal Commission gave the government until last Sunday to publish responses to its 138 recommendations. That has now been and gone. Audio

ACT's leader says his party has an outsized say in government, but the Prime Minister says he "wouldn't describe it that way". Audio