Policy

Controversial legislation to restructure how Oranga Tamariki is monitored has passed its final hurdle in Parliament.

The Oranga Tamariki Oversight Bill will remove the country's top watchdog for… Audio

National is describing Worksafe's new performance measures as waffly and vague, amid warnings they will reduce the regulator's accountability.

Worksafe's health and safety targets have been scrapped… Audio

The country's health and safety targets have been scrapped and the regulator's performance measures changed after it failed to meet most of them.

The National Party is describing WorkSafe's new… Audio

The Privacy Commissioner wants to know what the public thinks about how their biometric information is collected and used.

Biometrics - involving the use of computers to identify people's faces… Audio

Sport and Recreation Minister, Grant Robertson, says he has concerns about a Bill that would ban alcohol sponsorship for sports and sports venues, as well as advertising during broadcasts.

It comes… Audio

The contentious 'Three Strikes' law is out - after a bill to repeal the legislation passed its final hurdle in Parliament last night.

Introduced under a National-ACT Government, the regime was… Audio

The National Party believes new legislation empowering courts to ban criminals from accessing firearms will be a "complete flop".

Party police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says his party supports the… Audio

National Party MP Sam Uffindell was kicked out of King's College after beating up a younger pupil at the exclusive school.

Uffindell was sixteen at the time, while the boy he hit was aged thirteen… Audio

Youth advocates are warning the National Party's welfare plan risks worsening the stress and mental health challenges young people face... while pushing them deeper into poverty.

At the weekend… Audio

National's proposal for allocating job coaches to beneficiaries aged under twenty-five has found an upbeat response in at least one of the organisations that helps young people find their career… Audio

From our water supply to our polytechnics, we're eschewing regional control for a more centralised approach. Why? Audio

Sea walls, raised homes and managed retreat are some of the options the government has put forward for those most likely to lose their homes due to climate change.

A proposal for government-run flood… Audio

To the US, where the conservative state of Kansas has become the first state to vote to keep abortion rights, in what's being hailed as a major victory for pro-choice groups.

In a referendum held… Audio

The government has just released the country's first National Adaptation Plan -- and it's focused on getting communities talking about how climate change will affect them and what they should do to… Audio

District Health Boards around the country were never directly consulted about whether international nurses should be left off the list for super fast residency visas.

The government has repeatedly… Audio

Some shoppers are already turning their back on the big two supermarket chains - well before new moves aimed at reducing the hold they have.

A Commerce Commission report revealed in May that… Audio

In Tokelau, a family that has been under tunoa, which roughly translates to house arrest, for 11 months has once again refused to get vaccinated.

Tokelau's government is maintaining tough measures to… Audio

A forum has heard about the stark risks of governments over-reaching to create national identity databases that will control who gets public services.

Phil Pennington reports. Audio