Katie Scotcher

The Health Minister says it wasn't cynical of the government to release a critical assessment of its progress addressing the mental health system in the midst of Friday's tsunami and Covid-19 chaos.

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A person who helped alert police about a threat to attack two Christchurch mosques had previously met the man who was arrested, and recognised him online.

With help from Paparoa - a group that tracks… Audio

Political reporter Katie Scotcher joins Lisa Owen with details of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's press conference which began at 4pm. Video, Audio

The government has poured cold water over calls to pay 100 percent of a person's wages for two weeks if they have been told to self-isolate.

Two cases linked to the recent Valentines Day outbreak… Audio

Political pressure is mounting on the Government to prioritise vaccinating South Aucklanders against Covid-19.

The National Party is joining calls from community health providers to bump the area… Audio

Period products will soon be free for all primary, intermediate, secondary school and kura students.

More than 3,000 students in Waikato have already been receiving the products as part of a trial of… Audio

The Māori Party is back - marking its return to Parliament with powerful speeches and impassioned waiata. 

After a devastating loss in 2017, Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi secured the party's… Audio

The row between the Māori Party and the Speaker of the House has continued today, with both sides accusing each other of grandstanding.

The minor party is unhappy with the Speaker because… Audio

The senior doctors union is pleased it's no longer the job of the Health Minister to oversee the Covid-19 response.

As part of a major ministerial shake up, the Prime Minister has put Chris Hipkins… Audio

The Green Party co-leaders say talks with Labour are progressing and they expect them to conclude by the end of the week.

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Having won an out-right majority on… Video, Audio

Labour and the Greens are meeting again /will meet again this afternoon to hash out whether they will have a formal arrangement when the new Government is formed, and what it would look like.

Having… Audio

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters' forty year political career appears to be over, with his party turfed out of Parliament. It won less than three percent of the vote last night, meaning his… Audio

Labour's leader, Jacinda Ardern, is also out campaigning in the country's largest city today.

RNZ's political reporter, Katie Scotcher, has been with her today and says she's had a full-on morning..

It's the last week of the election campaign.

On Saturday the votes will be tallied and the country will know which party or parties will be lining up to govern for the next three years.

It was a… Audio

Pictures of Judith Collins kneeling in prayer in church raised eyebrows last weekend - and accusations of using faith for electoral advantage. Media were criticised too for intruding on a private… Audio

While Labour and National are aspiring for first prize, Act and the Greens are racing for the bronze medal.

According to recent polling, both parties are neck and neck to take the third biggest party… Audio

It was a big day on the campaign trail today, with politicians pumping out policy on the eve of advance voting.

Labour revealed its largely unchanged plan for housing in Auckland, while National… Audio