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Aces in their places: Luxon plays coy over ministers' competence
Analysis - The PM framing the demotion of two ministers as the portfolios getting "too complex" is a charitable way of saying they weren't up to the job.
Seymour, hospices call for changes to assisted dying law
Both ACT's leader and advocates say parts of the End of Life Choice Act need fixing.
Peters to meet Blinken and Trump official in Washington
The Foreign Affairs Minister will meet the US Secretary of State and other senior officials in Washington, following his speech on Gaza at the United Nations.
School truancy tracking plan announced
RNZ understands David Seymour plans to eventually move to daily snapshots in order to treat truancy as a crisis.
Robertson on the job he never got to do
Grant Robertson tells RNZ his experience during the Covid-19 pandemic was an "extreme sports version" of government decision-making.
What the Greens knew, and what next for Darleen Tana
Analysis - The party finds itself embroiled in yet another political crisis. So who knew what and when, and what does it mean for the Green MP's future? Audio
Fast and loose? Coalition's urgency makes for riskier lawmaking
Analysis - Christopher Luxon's unapologetic response when asked about his government's use of urgency suggests they may continue to push laws through without the usual checks and balances. Audio
Seymour denies overstepping with attack on TVNZ journalist
The ACT leader said he was simply making a "wider point that media need a bit of self-reflection" as hundreds face losing their jobs.
Luxon's criticisms of spending come back to bite
Analysis - National's Tama Potaka could have been mistaken for giving advice to his own leader when he told Newshub on Friday morning "the New Zealand taxpayer is not a free ATM card".
Stuart Nash claims Labour Cabinet softened its gang asset seizure policy
The former Police Minister wants laws targeting gang assets to go further.
Parliament brought to standstill by a tsunami of collective grief
Analysis - The death of Fa'anānā Efeso Collins has inspired politicians of all stripes to a rare moment of unity, Political Editor Jo Moir writes.
Grant Robertson, the consummate political partner
Analysis - If any Labour MP were asked to name a colleague they would struggle to do without, it's Robertson that would spring to mind.
Whakaari/White Island eruption: PM sees no need for royal commission
The prime minister doesn't believe a royal commission into the Whakaari / White Island eruption is necessary.
'There's a very clear set of rules ... they chose to ignore them' - Mallard
In a highly unusual move, the Speaker has released correspondence between himself, the Clerk's office and Māori Party MPs over the row that blew up in Parliament. Audio
Kelvin Davis, Peeni Henare at odds over Oranga Tamariki comments
Children's Minister Kelvin Davis has blamed his ministerial colleague's lack of Cabinet experience for why he mispoke on Oranga Tamariki's leadership.
Minister's public rebuke sign of tensions over Oranga Tamariki
Two senior Cabinet ministers are in a public scrap after Kelvin Davis scolded Peeni Henare for not staying in his own lane.
Orr defends approach tackling inflation amid runaway house prices
Adrian Orr says his anti-inflation focus is already doing what the government seeks, while an economist says adding house prices into the Reserve Bank's tool box may not make much of a difference.
'They needed to be a unified team with a credible message'
Newly-minted National Party board member and former MP David Carter says he wouldn't have made the comments President Peter Goodfellow did to 550 delegates over the weekend.
National Party delegates vote for president, board members
The fate of the National Party's president following a disastrous election result will be decided today.
Nats' election post-mortem: Will Goodfellow get to keep his job?
Hundreds of National Party delegates have descended on Wellington to decide the fate of the party president on the back of a disastrous election result.
Labour appoints Rob Salmond as new general secretary
The Labour Party has appointed a new general secretary after the previous one was managed out of the job.
How will Collins assign her smaller pool of talent?
Analysis - Judith Collins has held on as National Party leader and has a new wingman, Dr Shane Reti - but what portfolios her other MPs will get is yet to be revealed.
Special votes: Nats lose two MPs to Labour, Māori Party
The National Party has lost another two MPs on the final election result - with Labour and the Māori Party picking up an extra seat each.