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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

4 Jun 2026Simon Watts

Strengthening community preparedness, resilience

Two marae-based projects are the latest to benefit from the Government’s Māori Climate Platform, which makes practical investments to strengthen community resilience and emergency preparedness, Climate

3 Jun 2026Todd McClay

NZ, French trade ministers to meet yearly

Minister for Trade and Investment Todd McClay has held a productive bilateral meeting with French Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, Nicolas Forissier, while in

3 Jun 2026Mark Mitchell

Reducing child and youth offending through sport and recreation

An $8 million investment in community programmes using sport and physical activity to reduce child and youth offending has been announced by Sport and Recreation Minister,

3 Jun 2026Cameron Brewer

Creative and cultural sector gets further copyright support

The Government is backing New Zealand's creators and cultural institutions with proposed changes to copyright law, says Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Cameron Brewer. “Last week

3 Jun 2026Penny Simmonds

Tertiary Research Excellence Fund focused on driving economic growth

The introduction of the new Tertiary Research Excellence Fund (TREF) will direct research effort towards economic growth while cutting red tape, says Penny Simmonds, Minister for

3 Jun 2026Nicola Willis · Erica Stanford

More trades academy places for young people

More young New Zealanders will have the opportunity to gain practical skills and industry experience while still at school, with the Government doubling the number of

2 Jun 2026Simon Watts

Council voting to be restricted to elected members

Only elected councillors will be able to vote on council committees, in a move that strengthens democratic accountability, Local Government Minister Simon Watts announced today. “Councillors

2 Jun 2026Cameron Brewer

Workable lending laws delivered

The Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Amendment Bill passed its third reading last week, delivering simpler, clearer, and more workable lending laws for New Zealanders, Commerce

31 May 2026Todd McClay

McClay to chair formal UK, and OECD trade meetings

Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay is heading to the United Kingdom to jointly Chair the NZ-UK FTA Trade Committee meeting and to Paris to Vice-Chair

30 May 2026Simeon Brown

Gas market transparency takes step forward

Management of New Zealand’s dwindling natural gas supplies will be aided by new legislation to improve transparency of key information in the gas market, Energy Minister

30 May 2026Simon Watts

Budget 2026 delivering for Auckland

Investment through Budget 2026 strengthens Auckland’s role as New Zealand’s economic engine room, ensuring growth that lifts the whole country, Minister for Auckland Simon Watts says.

29 May 2026Tom Rutherford

Tom Rutherford - The Week That Was

Budget 2026 Building a more secure future for New Zealand Budget 2026 demonstrates the economic and fiscal discipline needed to steer New Zealand through an uncertain

29 May 2026Louise Upston

Improving welfare system efficiency

The Government is making changes to improve and update the efficiency of the welfare system by modernising its processes, Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston