Members bills NZ: how the biscuit tin shapes lawmaking
New Zealand Parliament’s members bills NZ process is a quiet but consequential part of NZ...
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Budget 2026 NZ: $81.5m customs crackdown on drug pipelines
Budget 2026 NZ redirects $81.5 million to a customs crackdown targeting drug pipelines into NZ,...
Threats to MPs prompt security boost across Parliament
New Zealand’s Parliament has moved quickly after “threats to MPs,” with NZ politics now focused...
Wellington mayor reacts to Government public sector cuts plan
The Wellington mayor says he was “surprised” by the Government public sector cuts plan, a...
A licence on your phone is only the beginning
Digital driver licences, NZ Verify, Govt.nz, and online age verification are starting to form part of the same digital verification ecosystem.
Thomas Coughlan warns of unintended consequences in NZ Herald column
Thomas Coughlan’s latest NZ Herald political commentary NZ argues that New Zealand politics is wrestling...
Digital ID was not a public priority. So why the rush?
OIA papers show the government treated digital driver licences as a major priority despite limited evidence New Zealanders were demanding them.
Stanford confirms universal age verification coming. But what exactly is being built?
“That is the only detail the public has been given.”
Hipkins can’t say what’s in ‘cornerstone’ policy, what it costs or what it creates – blames Treaty issues
You have to vote for them to find out.
Thousands of public sector jobs to go as government pushes AI overhaul
Bloated after a “period of largesse”.
NZ birthrate falls again as Māori population grows faster than national average
But you're not comparing apples to apples.
Just 7 of 147 food items cheaper than a decade ago as economists warn worse is coming
Egg prices rose 151 per cent over the decade.
National admits NZ needs immigration to avoid population decline
"We are going to rely on migration.”