NZ’s Local Government Act requires councillors to put local concerns first. But local politics is rife with party affiliation ...

NZ First, Greens gain as National and Labour fall in latest poll.

We should largely know what to expect given neither party leader is an unknown quantity – the pressure is more likely to sit with Luxon, writes Michael Swanson.

The coalition could hold on to power, while National, Labour and ACT all lose support in the latest 1News-Verian poll shows.

It was Seymour who declared ACT had saved the Budget by finding $12.8 billion in cuts with its changes to the pay equity ...

And the leadership ratings in the latest RNZ-Reid Research poll - taken after the Budget - are also bad news for the ...

New Zealand First has had its strongest showing in two recent polls in years - and leader Winston Peters says the support for ...

Spending by international tourists has jumped 9.2% in the last year to $12.2 billion but still remains below pre-Covid times, ...

Analysis: Committing to 'no additional warming' could be better worded as endorsing the current level of warming – and the ...

It's "encouraging" but there's still 18 months of hard work ahead to regain the Treasury benches, the Labour leader says.