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11 Jun 2026Todd McClay

Food and fibre exports set to hit record $64.3 billion

New Zealand’s farmers and growers are powering the economy with exports set to reach a record $64.3 billion, Forestry and Trade Minister Todd McClay announced today.

10 Jun 2026Todd McClay

Land Use Flexibility: empowering forestry and wood through tech

The Government is backing the New Zealand’s forestry sector’s innovation and sustainable productivity, Agriculture Minister Todd McClay says. “Greater land use flexibility results in prosperity through

10 Jun 2026Todd McClay

Land Use Flexibility: empowering horticulture

The Government is empowering New Zealand’s horticulture sector with greater land use flexibility, enabling innovation and sustainable productivity, Agriculture Minister Todd McClay says. “Greater land use

10 Jun 2026Todd McClay

Land Use Flexibility: Improving the environment while producing more

The Government is empowering New Zealand’s agricultural sector with greater land use flexibility, enabling innovation and sustainable productivity with a better environmental footprint, Agriculture Minister Todd

10 Jun 2026Christopher Luxon · Todd McClay

Optimising land use to power rural productivity

A thriving food and fibre sector depends on lifting productivity through greater flexibility, and the Government is backing that future, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Agriculture

10 Jun 2026Simeon Brown

Same old Labour

Labour’s first election year policy shows they are straight back to their old ways of throwing money around rather than solving underlying problems, National’s Campaign Chair

8 Jun 2026Christopher Luxon

National backs farmers - QEII National Trust funding added to list

Today’s announcement that National is doubling the permanent, baseline funding for the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust for the first time since 2015, is yet another

8 Jun 2026Todd McClay · Tama Potaka

National backs farmers and conservation - doubles QEII National Trust funding

In a huge win for conservation, National is committing to permanently double baseline funding for the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust if elected, says National Agriculture

8 Jun 2026Erica Stanford

Ensuring safer drinking water in schools

The Government is investing $30m through the Drinking Water in Schools Programme to ensure more rural and remote schools can upgrade their drinking water, Minister of

7 Jun 2026Christopher Luxon

Solomon Islands PM to visit New Zealand

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale will visit New Zealand this week for talks with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. "It's only been a few weeks since

5 Jun 2026Erica Stanford

Budget 26: $62.5 million for more classrooms in South Island Schools

Students and communities across the South Island will benefit from a $62.5 million investment package to build more classrooms and upgrade others, Minister of Education Erica

5 Jun 2026Louise Upston

Parenting support strengthened with Budget investment

Thousands more families will have access to evidence-based support to help parents meet their children’s learning and development needs, following a $20 million investment in parenting

5 Jun 2026Tama Potaka · Simon Watts

$10m to accelerate predator free in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau

Toitu te taiao – Nature endures Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau is set to lead the next phase of Predator Free 2050, with a $10 million Government investment

4 Jun 2026Christopher Luxon

PM to visit Australia for Annual Leaders’ Meeting

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will visit Australia this week for the annual Australia-New Zealand Leaders’ Meeting and a range of other high-level bilateral and business-focussed engagements.

4 Jun 2026Louise Upston

Training boost for 20,000 children’s workers to keep kids safe

Budget 2026 will fund mandatory training for 20,000 core children’s workers and improve system capacity to protect children at risk of harm, Child Poverty Reduction Minister

4 Jun 2026Tama Potaka · Nicola Grigg

Clean up of former landfills in national park complete

A remediation project to clean up two former landfill sites in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park has been completed this week, Environment Minister Nicola Grigg and Conservation

4 Jun 2026Louise Upston

Global stars shine on New Zealand, boosting cities and regions

It’s been a bumper few months for events, with multiple world-class fixtures confirmed under the Government’s Events Attraction Package, Tourism and Hospitality Minister Louise Upston says.

4 Jun 2026Chris Bishop · Tama Potaka

Unlocking papakāinga across New Zealand

The Government is making it easier for owners of Māori land to build homes, with the release of new National Environmental Standards for Papakāinga (NES-P), say