How decisions in Wellington land in everyday life.
Associate Education Minister David Seymour has rejected a critical Auditor-General report on the Government's school lunch programme, turning a procurement and monitoring review into a fresh political argument over whether cheaper delivery has come at the cost of basic accountability.
Transport Minister Chris Bishop has defended the troubled Motu Move public transport ticketing project, arguing the $1.4 billion national system is too far advanced to abandon even as the Prime Minister criticises the wider record of government technology delivery.
The English Language Bill has returned from the Justice Select Committee with no recommended changes, keeping the government on track to legislate official status for a language that is already the dominant language of New Zealand public life.
ACT has named Nicole McKee as its new deputy leader, placing the associate justice minister into a campaign role as Brooke van Velden prepares to leave Parliament at the election.
New Zealand drivers are about to see a new roadside enforcement regime, with police preparing to begin nationwide oral-fluid drug testing from Wednesday, July 1.
Riders are challenging new registration-linked ACC levies in the Christchurch High Court, arguing engine-capacity charges unfairly treat motorcyclists as the source of risk.
Green Party co-leaders propose a 2.5% net wealth tax above $10m and a 33% inheritance tax above $1m, alongside income-tax cuts they say would benefit most earners.
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