Stories by Giles Dexter

The Greens are questioning the timing of the removal of documents about past charter school efforts, but David Seymour says that's gotcha politics.

Paying charges on kilometres driven, rather than amount of fuel bought, could put those with less efficient cars on a fairer footing, advocate says.

The ACT Party plans to introduce a member's bill to expand eligibility.

Local councils will have to show how they will deliver drinking water, wastewater and stormwater services in a financially sustainable way.

Labour's climate change spokesperson Megan Woods said the party wanted to learn from its just transition pilots in Taranaki and Southland.

Unfunded mandates have long been identified as key difficulty facing local government's revenue streams.

The day after the PM blasted councils for their spending, the government came in with a sweetener for the sector.

The health minister says he has sought advice on nitrous oxide, to see whether more needs to be done to address its recreational use.

The country's frontline smokefree service providers met with the Associate Health Minister Casey Costello last week. Audio

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Explainer - The government has confirmed its long-signalled changes to the welfare system. RNZ looks at how they will work.

Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March says Todd McClay's letter acknowledged that what he said was inappropriate.

Parliament's Social Services and Community Committee has been hearing submissions on the legislation to repeal Section 7AA, which binds Oranga Tamariki to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon agreed the remark was not appropriate.

Party delegates have started the countdown to decide whether to use the party-hopping legislation against the rogue MP. Audio

A Green Party member is concerned that proper process will not be followed - but the party's co-leader says a vote will not be forced.

The bill was supposed to have its first reading at Parliament on Wednesday, but Social Development Minister Louise Upston was absent from the House when it was called.

The Wellington woman says she felt degraded and humiliated after being confronted by the Green MP.

Only two board members are left, after resignations and some opting not to serve another term.

MPs have been in our largest city to understand why the City of Sails turned its back on the party at last year's election.

The party admits they didn't reach Super City residents ahead of last year's election.

Christopher Luxon says it's time for a "different approach" - but it's been slammed as a "punitive" plan that will harm children.

Shane Reti has admitted the government should have communicated its backtracked plans to fund 13 new cancer drugs better.

Seymour on Sunday addressed ACT's 'Change Makers' rally, casting it as a victory lap for ACT's entry into government.

Analysis - Pacific trips are not ones where the PM can expect to face particularly tough challenges. Instead, they are heavy on the vibe.