Stories by Jo Moir

Labour would be comfortably able to govern alone based on a Newshub Reid-Research poll released tonight. Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has hit back at the opposition's "cynical politics" after they called her government's $50 billion Covid rescue package an election bribe.

A $50 billion Covid-19 rescue package poured out of the Crown coffers yesterday when the government revealed its rebuild plan - but it is the $20b blank cheque that has got the Opposition crying foul.

Labour's Manurewa MP Louisa Wall is pursuing legal action against her own party over a nomination that was accepted to contest her seat.

Tasmania's Premier and New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters are already talking about an idea for new direct flights to Hobart. Audio

New Zealand and Australia need to have the same goal and the same way of measuring it before joining in a trans-Tasman bubble, a public health expert warns. Audio

With consents for building projects set to be fast-tracked, some are worried it will put too much power in the hands of the ministers and block the voices of iwi and environmental protesters. Audio

Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has had to walk back comments made by himself and the Prime Minister yesterday about the country having achieved elimination.

Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters says some businesses could be saved if the country creates a trans-Tasman bubble - and he's open to starting on a state-by-state basis.

National's deputy leader Paula Bennett says she feels vindicated after a High Court judgment didn't go Winston Peters' way.

Economic scenarios released by the Treasury back the government's decision to go 'hard and early' in the fight against Covid-19.

The lockdown may be set to end in two weeks but region-based restrictions are still likely to be in place by the time of the general election, Justice Minister Andrew Little says.

Support is being rolled out for New Zealanders struggling with their mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic.

While Cabinet is discussing what's needed for NZ to return to alert level three, the PM's made it clear lockdown will run until 22 April.

People over 70 and those with underlying health conditions faced the lockdown four days before the rest of the country - but some of the elderly still aren't taking any notice.

A small number of MPs have returned to Parliament today to debate and pass much-needed legislation as the country prepares for a nationwide lockdown tonight. Watch Parliament live here.

The 74-year-old Deputy Prime Minister, Winston Peters, will carry on working despite the Prime Minister's advice today for over-70s to stay home.

At least 80,000 New Zealanders are overseas and not all of them will get home before flights grind to a halt, says the Foreign Affairs Minister.

The government is promising to keep spending as and when required to get New Zealand through a recession that's now almost certain. Audio

Businesses will receive the lion's share of a $12.1 billion economic rescue package as New Zealand responds to the Covid-19 crisis.

The response to the Covid-19 crisis kicked up another notch yesterday with the prime minister calling a halt to gatherings of more than 500 people, and warning of a recession greater than that of the… Audio

MPs were caught out in a verbal vote against abortion clinic safe zones last night, but Labour's Jacinda Ardern and Andrew Little seem to want to just put it behind them.

Under-fire charity Quit Group will wind up in June once it has spent the $2.7 million it has squirrelled away, it says. Audio

Spend the money on smokefree services or give the money back and shut down - that's the message from Jacinda Ardern to the Quit Group Trust board.

In just one day, the Māori Party has unravelled 18 months of work rebuilding and repositioning itself ahead of the September election, writes Jo Moir.