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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has vowed to do more for Māori during her speech at Waitangi today. Protest was minimal during the party leaders' speeches, but it was a different story when Don Brash… Video, Audio

The government has turned up in the North and splashed the cash ahead of the Prime Minister's address at the Treaty grounds in Waitangi on Tuesday. Jacinda Ardern has declared this is the year in… Audio

The government will pump $80 million into getting young people living in the regions trained and into work. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the announcement at Waitangi today. Audio

The Opposition can't understand why the government is throwing cash at local roads in Northland while refusing to build the national highways Kiwis need to get to get there. To get to Kaipara the… Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is pushing back on any one group having a mandate to speak for Māori and says two seats remain at the table for the iwi chairs if they want to be part of a wider… Video, Audio

It has been unclear for weeks whether the Prime Minister would meet with iwi leaders in Waitangi on Friday. But some last minute changes mean Jacinda Ardern will be welcomed at the Iwi Chairs Forum… Audio

Government departments have already been ordered to check they're following the State Services Commission's code of conduct, which hit headlines last year after a report found a private security firm… Audio

The Cabinet Minister Shane Jones has hit out at BP, which has been distributing pamphlets at petrol stations explaining the cost of a litre of petrol. The minister has called it "corporate candy… Audio

Wellington is looking a little less like a capital city today with the last of the politicians boarding their planes this morning to retire to their electorates for the next six weeks. And like every… Audio

The Government is cracking down on synthetic drug suppliers while at the same time softening up on addicts, but a drug counsellor says police have been given an impossible job. Audio

The report comes after the killing of two women in Auckland recent weeks. Video, Audio

Police recruits won't be given additional mental health training under the Police Minister's watch because he doesn't want them to become a substitute for the experts. Mental health call-outs have… Audio

The Police Association president Chris Cahill says people with mental health issues need expert support, not a police officer who can "at best put a band-aid over it''. Mr Cahill and the Police… Audio

The Commerce Commission admits it will be under the pump getting a fuel market study done in twelve months. The government announced on Monday an investigation into the petrol industry was officially… Audio

Parliament's Speaker Trevor Mallard says he wouldn't recommmend his workplace to close friends or his children, as he launched a review into bullying and harassment. Video, Audio

Speaker Trevor Mallard has launched an external review to get to the bottom of whether bullying and harassment is rife at Parliament. But New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says the only person… Video, Audio