Agricultural sector productivity is set to soar through common-sense reforms to drone regulations, Regulation Minister David Seymour and Associate Transport Minister James Meager have today announced.
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The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has today published a new strategy for getting more out of Auckland's motorway network, setting out how smarter traffic management, targeted
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Rural families, communities and businesses will be better represented by a new work programme to strengthen rural data in New Zealand’s official statistics, Statistics Minister Scott
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Senior Labour MP Ayesha Verrall is continuing Labour’s lie that the Capital Gains Tax is Labour’s only new tax, National’s Campaign Chair Simeon Brown says. “On
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Good morning, everyone. It’s absolutely fantastic to be here today at Building Nations 2026. I’d like to thank Nick Leggett, Fraser Wyllie and their team at
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Electricity network costs are driving most of the increases in New Zealanders’ power bills and the sector needs to help make power more affordable, Energy Minister
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The Government is making changes to freshwater farm plans to create a simpler, cheaper system focused on real risk, Agriculture Minister Todd McClay and Associate Environment
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The government will establish an independent economic umpire to ensure councils achieve competitive urban land markets through the new planning system, Housing and RMA Reform Minister
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The Government is taking targeted action to provide certainty for farmers and growers in the Waikato and Manawatū-Whanganui while we transition to a new planning system,
Read moreChris Hipkins and the Labour Party are planning to hit New Zealanders with more than just a Capital Gains Tax and are trying to mislead the
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The Government is investing a further $31.3 million to create calmer, less disruptive learning spaces in more than 600 classrooms at nearly 90 schools, Education Minister
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Conservation Minister Tama Potaka today announced $9.2 million of Department of Conservation Community Fund (DOCCF) funding will go to 20 community groups delivering conservation projects across
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The first tranche of investment through the Government’s Housing Flexible Fund is delivering more than 820 new social and affordable homes in areas where they are
Read moreTe Here-ā-Nuku (Nelson Tenths) Bill passed its third reading in Parliament today, finalising the restoration of approximately 3000 hectares of land at the top of the
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People in need of a better crisis response will have faster access to support with new peer-led beds being opened in Auckland and the lower South
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Businesses will now have certainty around their climate change obligations with legislation passing its final reading in Parliament today, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “Ongoing litigation
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Conservation Minister Tama Potaka has announced $1.7 million in funding from the 2026 Department of Conservation Community Fund for two projects on Rēkohu Wharekauri Chatham Islands.
Read moreChris Hipkins and the Labour Party cannot be trusted on tax, and today they’ve again proven why, National's Campaign Chair Simeon Brown says. “After National alerted
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