Ardern, who said she felt conflicted about the honour, was recognised for her service to the country during the pandemic and Christchurch terror attacks

APEC is over, bringing an end to a whirlwind week in South East Asia for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

For Auckland's Mayor, sorry seems to be the hardest word to say.

On Wednesday, Jacinda Ardern gives her valedictory speech and leaves Parliament, likely forever. How will history rate her turbulent period as prime minister?

After an extraordinary four years the former director general of health has been made a knight for services to public health.

Russia's actions in Ukraine are an affront to the world but mustn't be allowed to create a more polarised, dangerous world, the prime minister says.

Mental health experts are calling for a bipartisan effort to further increase protections for MPs and workers, after Green MP Golriz Ghahraman's resignation.

"It's going to be a multi-decade effort starting from tomorrow of recovery."

The Queen, a rugby coach and the former prime minister all received honours today, but only one of those received criticism that extended well past the job they are known for.

Christopher Luxon’s comments caught on microphone while the National party leader spoke to farmers, four months out from the general election

The Prime Minister addressed the UN overnight.

The changes restore most of the rights Kiwis had in Australia before they were revoked in 2001.

Ruby Tui created yet another magic off-field moment in the wake of NZ’s stunning win.

In the first 10 months of 2022 there were 555 complaints of vehicle damage caused by potholes reported to Waka Kotahi, up from 421 in all of 2021.

Power Play - Jacinda Ardern was as polarising upon her departure as she was during her time as Prime Minister, Jane Patterson writes.

The National Party says its new renewable energy policy will double the amount of electricity produced from solar, wind and geothermal plants.

National's agricultural emissions policy is a sham and contains one of the most damaging of all declarations of climate denial 

TVNZ chief executive Simon Power has resigned - he joined the broadcaster in March 2022.

Tāmaki Makaurau MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp used her maiden speech to discuss the loss of te reo Māori faced by her parents' and grandparents' generation.

The National Party leader remains unapologetic for calling on parents to take more responsibility to get their children to school.

If the new PM holds fast to the environmental values he articulated as chief of Air NZ, his legacy will be worth celebrating. Unfortunately, that's not what we're seeing so far.

If you still needed convincing that our politicians are hopelessly short-sighted, I hope you came to your senses late yesterday. When Finance Minister Nico

The government has kept its AAA credit rating from Moody’s and, just as critically, a “stable” outlook in the agency’s latest annual rev...

"I'm deeply saddened by the description of our Government as a vessel of white supremacy."

"I don't understand why he put those figures out."

David Seymour has rejected suggestions the leak - the second relating to ACT policies - shows public sector animosity towards the party.

Furious students protested the ACT leader, performing a haka and later swarming his car.

The new government is "deeply committed to lowering smoking rates in New Zealand", the prime minister says.

When asked if he would give the money to iwi to provide health services, Luxon said "big time".

How has Christopher Luxon the businessman adapted to political campaigning? Here's Luxon's party leadership assessed, in the style of an executive performance review.

Power Play - Aucklanders did not get the political leadership they deserve as they face the aftermath of Friday night's devastating floods, writes Jane Patterson.

David Seymour has warned people against discounting the ACT Party ahead of the next election.

How the now-scrapped ferry project went from costing $775m to $3b.

The New Zealand Firearms Registry is set to go live on 24 June, nearly four years after it was proposed in the wake of the Christchurch Mosque terror attacks.

"I'm not going into them specifically."

"For me, this is about finding a way forward."

The wealthiest 1 percent of Kiwis own 20 percent of New Zealand's assets, while the poorest 50 percent has just 2 percent.

In a rousing address to National's rank and file, the party's deputy has warned against "lazy politics of envy", saying "reckless tactics" to punish the wealthy would divide the country.

"We've still got to crack on with this."

OPINION: The slowly deteriorating relationship between the government and public service has simmered beneath the surface over the past five years.

Sir Collin Tukuitonga said National, ACT and New Zealand First had no Pasifika MPs.

The Maritime Union believes it would be disastrous for Auckland if the mayor gets his way with a proposal for the Ports of Auckland.

Cafes, bars and restaurants are scrambling to find ways to remain open without using tap water due to Queenstown's cryptosporidium outbreak.

National announced their latest crime policy on Sunday, promising to get tougher on criminal sentences.

Several residents and store owners shared personal stories of feeling unsafe in Auckland's inner city at a public meeting with National Party candidates.

A Cabinet Office report has cleared Stuart Nash of further confidentiality breaches but also flagged "lower level" concerns about the government appointment of one of his high school friends.

But Christoper Luxon doesn't accept their plan will increase costs for households.

Mid-Canterbury's youngest elected member says lowering the voting age at general elections is a gateway to improving overall civics education.

"It just says to me that this is a Government that's got its priorities all wrong."

Embattled MP Barbara Kuriger is facing a challenge in becoming the National Party candidate for the Taranaki-King Country electorate at this year's election.

"Leaders in Māoridom who have the ear of the young need to ask themselves: are they dealing with the issues responsibly, or simply inciting baseless racial resentment? It is an important question"

The mayor's team invited journalists from only a select few organisations to his budget announcement on Thursday.

National says confirmation New Zealand has tipped into recession is a red light warning for an "incredibly fragile" economy.

Dr Jonathan Howard says over 800,000 Americans would be alive today if the US had taken New Zealand's Covid approach.

Businesses have been returning record profits while inflation surges during the cost of living crisis, new research shows.

National has announced its plan to reduce agricultural emissions, including pushing back the final deadline by which farmers have to start paying for them - and keeping them off the ETS.

Chris Hipkins' refusal to follow the lead of the US and characterise Xi as a ‘dictator' has certainly been noticed in Beijing, writes political editor Jo Moir.

"There's been huge advances, very exciting advances in the technology."

"We've been very clear that this is not the right mechanism to use."

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The Finance Minister says the tax cuts will happen but how the government will pay for it is still a work in progress.

"They've got their head in the sand while the sea levels rise on the beaches around them."

Speaking at National's caucus retreat ahead of the government's first year in office, Christopher Luxon says he wants his MPs focused on three things.

Opinion - Here go again. As he was in 1996 and 2017, Peters is in the veto position, holding the "balance of responsibility" and central to forming a government, Richard Shaw writes.