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Labour leads with its chin on transport cap costs – critics swing wildly

The party’s first big policy of election year sparks intense blowback over its cost, partly because its potential upside wasn’t spelled out. Tim Murphy investigates.

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Mind the gap: Labour’s policy platform empty no more

The main opposition party rolls out its first major election policy since late 2025 - cheaper weekly bus and train fares focusing on the main cities

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Power firms to fund LNG port through user pays – but effect is the same for consumers

Analysis: Major industrial power users say confirmation of a $1b-plus LNG terminal will help them stay in the country; the jury is out on whether is will help electricity companies and residential consumers. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Govt finally acknowledges the end of gas is nigh

Analysis: Plummeting gas reserves mean the Government can no longer ignore the reality that domestic gas in NZ is dead, not just resting, writes Marc Daalder.

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Ambulance boss says Budget must deliver more than ‘short-term Band-aid’ to broken funding model

Analysis: With ageing population and out-of-control fuel costs, a $35m pre-Budget announcement serves only to highlight the existential threat to ambulance services, writes Jonathan Milne.

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Sparks fly as energy dominates first major political debate

The first major debate of the 2026 campaign had intra-coalition bickering, a near-leak of Budget policy and maybe a budding political romance

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NZ’s rejection of new WHO pandemic rules makes no real sense

New Zealand’s recent decision to reject the latest amendments to the World Health Organization’s International Health Regulations (IHR) made news largely due to the lack of a clear explanation from the government rather than what the rules actually say.

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Luxon shakes up cabinet, campaign in NZ election year

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon has announced the country's next defence minister, following the retirement of National stalwart Judith Collins.

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'One of the best pandemic responses in the world': NZ

Jacinda Ardern has defended her government's pandemic record, saying they got "more than most" right on New Zealand's COVID-19 handling.

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New Zealand bans puberty blockers for young transgender people

Critics warn move could have devastating impact on lives and wellbeing of those affected

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Mega-strike: where is the ‘ethical line’ in public health and are doctors really crossing it?

Health Minister Simeon Brown’s claim that this week’s industrial action by doctors “crosses an ethical line” misunderstands doctors’ ethical responsibilities.

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Ministerial compromise seeks efficiencies in buying $1.5b of medical devices

Analysis: It’s only taken 13 years! But this afternoon, health ministers are expected to announce a compromise that shares responsibility for procuring $1.5b of medical devices a year. Simeon Brown and his associate David Seymour are seeking to stamp their authority on Health NZ and Pharmac, after the agencies and their predecessors…

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Just the ticket? The problem with local body candidates aligning with national political parties

With accusations flying thick and fast last year about supposed “dysfunction” and a “shambles” at Wellington City Council, Local Government Minister Simeon Brown stepped in and appointed a Crown Observer.

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NZ Budget 2025: anything less than a 5% increase in health funding amounts to merely standing still

Minister of Health Simeon Brown claimed earlier this year that health funding in New Zealand has never been higher and that suggestions of underfunding are “fake news”.

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Are New Zealanders ‘sick and tired’ of spending on cycleways? Not according to this survey

Many more New Zealanders now choose to get around by bike than a few years ago. A Ministry of Transport survey reports 36% of people say they have cycled in the past 12 months, and Christchurch City Council tracking shows bike journeys are up nearly 40% over the past few…

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Spinning its wheels: the new national transport plan steers NZ back to a car-dependent past

The government’s new National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) could easily have been renamed the “highway funding project”, given its intense focus on road building.

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New Zealand's Interislander ferry runs aground

Tugboats will attempt to refloat the Aratere after an Interislander ferry ran aground in New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds.

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Ministers-in-waiting begin selling off shares – but not all

But National's commerce spokesperson Andrew Bayly says disclosure requirements make it hard to be an MP, and he'd prefer to manage conflicts rather than divesting his business interests. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Light rail the casualty in transport’s political war

The election results existentially threaten Auckland’s light rail plans – but would a less political approach to solving transport issues have struck a healthier compromise?

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Act wants over-the-counter pseudoephedrine back

Act’s released policy platform aimed at senior citizens would also rescind restrictions on a chemical used to make methamphetamine

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National's plans to pick apart Road to Zero

The National party’s transport spokesperson Simeon Brown said speed limit reductions and other changes brought in under the Road to Zero strategy would be reviewed, reports Emma Hatton

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Auckland MPs go head-to-head on the revenue crunch

Four MPs agreed funding one of the big issues facing New Zealand’s growing infrastructure deficit – but passionately begged to differ on the solution

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National's road costings don't include inflation

National used figures from as far back as 2015 without adjusting for increased costs since then, leaving a gap of at least $2.5 billion in its roading budget, reports @marcdaalder

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Labour’s ‘complex beast’ of a transport plan divides Auckland

The money, time and traffic orbiting Labour’s new harbour crossing plan have local and central politicians alike shaking their heads

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For whom the road tolls: National digs through funding toolbox

The National Party’s roading-focused transport plan offers $24.8 billion of works over the next ten years – but can they avoid the same claims of overspending they’ve charged Labour with?

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