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Hipkins admits that promised Auckland light rail and KiwiBuild weren't going to get on track

Hipkins has also accepted Labour's tax policy in 2023 failed to impress voters.

Grant Robertson talks RBNZ, Covid and what he and Don Brash agree on

Moving away from the OCR as the Reserve Bank’s primary tool is worth looking at, they say.

‘You’ve got to give them hope’: Grant Robertson’s final message as he leaves politics

The PM was in the House for Robertson's speech.

Can private businesses build better schools?

Investors could be used to build more public schools. It's been controversial overseas.

Revealed: What Act spent in bid to keep NZ First out of Parliament

Expense returns show how much Act laid out trying to stymie Winston Peters.

Revealed: Govt restricts access to veteran VIP scheme

Veterans' Affairs is reducing access to its Veterans Independence Programme.

Focus: Grant Robertson's valedictorian speech

Grant Robertson bid farewell to Parliament in his valedictorian speech. Video / Parliament TV

Watch: Winston Peters plays Chumbawamba while walking through Parliament

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has told political leaders to ‘grow up’.

Hipkins hits out at PM over tax cuts for landlords, disability support funding

Question Time began in quite a comical fashion, prompting mockery from several Labour MPs.

Luxon’s inner circle - the PM’s most important advisers revealed

The people Christopher Luxon depends on in politics, the public service and business.

Copyright expert says Winston Peters is wrong about use of Chumbawamba song

Lawyer Earl Gray told the Herald copyright law still applied to Winston Peters.

NZ-China relationship: What's worrying our biggest trading partner

China's Foreign Minister visits New Zealand.

Western Bay Representation review; views wanted on council structure

Issues include one or more Māori wards.

Climate costs will hit average household by $783 a year

Treasury officials have warned climate change will hit household budgets.

More convictions, more likelihood of jail time, spike in youth robbery - what the latest crime statistics show

Latest crime statistics show upward trends in youth crime, sexual and violent offences.

Chlöe Swarbrick asks first question of PM as Greens co-leader

Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick has failed in her attempt to get PM Christopher Luxon to commit to resigning if his moves to threaten evictions for unruly Kāinga Ora tenants lead to more children becoming homeless. Video / Parliament TV

Melissa Lee defends pulling out of pre-booked interviews, says they would have been 'boring'

Last week, the minister cancelled chats with NZME's Media Insider and RNZ's Mediawatch.

Political Roundup: 4.6 out of 10 - the new Government is struggling in the polls

OPINION: Christopher Luxon’s Government is not receiving the usual “honeymoon” period.