Stories by Giles Dexter

一名雇佣关系律师表示，行动党关于对承包商设置更为具体规则的政策只会让打工人面临更多剥削。 

Unions, lawyers, and politicians say it should not have take a whistleblower to prompt the government into action on the Accredited Employer Work Visa.

After two terms on the government's fringes, the Greens have made it clear: this time, they want seats at the Cabinet table.

Iran's Ambassador to New Zealand has appeared before MPs in a meeting on Thursday which often turned fiery.

The Electoral Commission says it will pay particular focus on the spread of inaccurate information this election.

英国加入CPTPP对后续申请者起到参考作用，CPTPP未来或寻求更广泛合作空间

Members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership left their Auckland meeting bolstered by an addition but no progress on new countries wanting to join. Audio

Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission wants a reduction in applications made and granted, and for the perspectives of patients and whānau to be heard. Audio

A government-commissioned pilot service which would have given Women's Refuge the ability to apply for protection orders on someone's behalf was quietly wound down without a single client accepted.

The Green Party has released its election year manifesto, containing the policies it intends to implement if it forms part of the next government.

Green Party co-leader James Shaw has survived this year's co-leadership vote at the party's Annual General Meeting in Auckland.

New Zealand is estimated to need to increase recruitment by 8000 nurses and 3400 doctors on top of meeting current staffing levels to deal with demand out to 2033.

Senior National Party figures have laid out what is at stake at this year's election to its members, calling it the most important election since 1984.

The party has kicked off the weekend by celebrating its commitment to stand candidates in Māori electorates for the first time in two decades.

ACT's new policy to set more specific rules for hiring contractors would only lead to more exploitation of workers, an employment lawyer who has fought cases on behalf of disgruntled workers says.

A group of fired strippers frustrated with slow progress on legislative change has been meeting with MPs to discuss what changes could be made to improve their rights.

National MP David Bennett has apologised for a comment made in Parliament where he said the "evil" Commerce Commission "need a bullet."

The Labour Party faithful are gathering in Wellington this weekend for the party's annual congress.

The Green Party is concerned a policy that imposes sanctions on beneficiaries with outstanding arrest warrants is further widening the inequality gap.

Anti-poverty campaigners are hopeful of tangible support for New Zealand's vulnerable in today's so-called "no frills" Budget.

Councils in some of the regions hit hardest by Cyclone Gabrielle are relieved the government is promising to pay for the repair job on local roads, so the cost will not fall back on ratepayers.

"I have good relationships with them but I am not going to Te Pāti Māori," the MP says in her first public comments since leaving the Greens.

The government says it is unlikely to follow Australia's vaping crackdown - at least this term.

National Party leader Christopher Luxon is not impressed with Prime Minister Chris Hipkins' pre-Budget statements, and neither are ACT and the Greens.

The Prime Minister has returned from Australia, celebrating a big win in trans-Tasman relations.