Jo Moir

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, is lauding New Zealand's response to the threat of Covid-19.

Mr Peters says New Zealand generally acted faster than most to… Audio

Business New Zealand chief executive Kirk Hope says banks aren't making it easy for small and medium-sized operators to access loans through the Government's guarantee scheme.

The Finance Minister… Audio

The Government is set to announce a recovery package for media within the week, as major media outlets say Covid-19 has halved their advertising revenue.

Parliament's Epidemic Response Committee has… Audio

As the country approaches the halfway point of a month-long lockdown the Government is turning its attentions to an exit plan.

While the level four lockdown appears to be having some success, Jacinda… Audio

The Finance Minister Grant Robertson has just been briefing media at the Beehive over the government's 900 million dollar loan to shore-up Air New Zealand. RNZ Political Reporter, Jo Moir, has been… Audio

New Zealand's borders are shut for the first time in history.

The call was made last night to close the border from one minute to midnight.

Jacinda Ardern says the significance of the decision is… Audio

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

Yesterday the Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced a $12.1… Audio

Five years after the charity - Quit Group - ceased to exist it continues to pay its board members tens of thousands of dollars a year from funds it never invested in smokefree services.

One of those… Audio

The Government moved quickly to change gun laws after the mosque shootings.

But while the initial changes went through with just a single opposing vote, the Government remains divided over the second… Audio

Abortion reform has cleared another hurdle, passing its second reading in Parliament last night by 81 votes to 39.

It was a tighter margin than the first reading in August and was just as… Audio

Political reporter Jo Moir joins the programme live from Sydney, where Jacinda Ardern has met with Scott Morrison to condemn Australia's treatment of Kiwis there - both those who follow and transgress… Video, Audio

The Prime Minister has seen real poverty in Fiji but says despite some New Zealanders also living in hardship, doing nothing to help the Pacific isn't an option.

Jacinda Ardern visited a settlement… Audio

The Prime Minister touched down in Fiji last night where the red carpet was rolled out and locals lined the streets to catch a glimpse of Jacinda Ardern.

All the stops are being pulled out for this… Audio

Fjii and Australia are worlds apart when it comes to action on climate change and that will make for selective conversations when Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern heads to both countries this week.

It's… Audio

Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters says dirt floors and people living in tents was common for him growing up in Northland, and his family knows what poverty tastes, smells and feels like.

In a rare… Audio

RNZ Political Reporter Jo Moir speaks to Winston Peters in Waitangi ahead of commemorations of the 180th anniversary of the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Audio

Commemorations are well underway at the Treaty Grounds at Waitangi today, with politicians from across the spectrum being welcomed on to the marae with a powhiri this morning, and later they were… Audio