New Zealand Government News Index

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12:53PM

GOVERNMENT

Retirement village mandatory buyback period undermines financial viability of the sector

174

Friday, 5 December 2025

2:58PM

GOVERNMENT

Ministry of Health proposes slashing top public health experts

238

2:56PM

GOVERNMENT

Just in time for Christmas: IRD announce retrospective tax grab that will brutalise farmers and SMEs

190

2:55PM

GOVERNMENT

Taxpayers' Union Calls For Meeting After IRD Blunder

289

Thursday, 4 December 2025

12:42PM

GOVERNMENT

ACT welcomes completion of retirement village review

144

12:36PM

GOVERNMENT

Culture in the Digital Age: Preparing New Zealand for the Future

224

12:25PM

GOVERNMENT

$837,000 in Golden Handshakes this week alone

204

12:18PM

GOVERNMENT

Retirement Commission welcomes reform of Retirement Villages Act

147

10:07AM

GOVERNMENT

Retirement village reforms - step in right direction to strengthen rights of residents

199

Wednesday, 3 December 2025

11:55AM

GOVERNMENT

Another day, another golden handshake

202

7:05AM

GOVERNMENT

Independent Assessment Identifies Infrastructure Opportunities for New Zealand

173

Tuesday, 2 December 2025

2:41PM

GOVERNMENT

REVEALED: Public Servants' Risk Aversion to 'Free and Frank' Advice

139

Monday, 1 December 2025

3:27PM

GOVERNMENT

PSA welcomes external review of Public Service Commission strike adverts - PM now needs to intervene in health dispute

298

3:20PM

GOVERNMENT

Response to request for inquiry into Public Service Commission social media advertisements

186

12:14PM

GOVERNMENT

Six-month checkups prescribed for new procurement rules

147

12:01PM

GOVERNMENT

Privacy Act 2020 turns 5 - changes are needed

107

Friday, 28 November 2025

12:14PM

GOVERNMENT

$535/hour consultant, yet National Ticketing still delayed

175

12:00PM

GOVERNMENT

Response to concerns regarding the Ministry of Health's funding of I Am Hope/Gumboot Friday

215

1:44AM

GOVERNMENT

How to Cap Rates Now: A Bold Plan to End Skyrocketing Rates

167

Thursday, 27 November 2025

4:08PM

GOVERNMENT

Cracroft Reserve in Christchurch selected as preferred site for National Erebus Memorial

148

4:07PM

GOVERNMENT

Prime Minister urged to resolve impasse in essential workers' bargaining

136

Tuesday, 25 November 2025

2:55PM

GOVERNMENT

No more hidden MP spending: Parliament must Open the Books

216

Monday, 24 November 2025

2:24PM

GOVERNMENT

Nicola Willis tasks foxes to guard the hen house for Budget 2026

173

Friday, 21 November 2025

12:12PM

GOVERNMENT

Media report reveals that Nicola Willis harpooned own pre-election commitments to cut spending

243

Thursday, 20 November 2025

1:22PM

GOVERNMENT

Insurers welcome Govt decision to keep NHC levy unchanged

153

1:01PM

GOVERNMENT

Clean Car Standard still a lemon ready for the scrap heap

116

10:46AM

GOVERNMENT

Kāinga Ora staff get just 9 days to comment on job cuts proposal

Friday, 14 November 2025

10:04AM

GOVERNMENT

Advisory: Governor-General's visit to Antarctica

391

9:47AM

GOVERNMENT

New Zealand needs Privacy Act modernisation

261

Wednesday, 12 November 2025

1:27PM

GOVERNMENT

Transporting New Zealand welcomes the introduction of roadside drug testing

292

Tuesday, 11 November 2025

2:11PM

GOVERNMENT

Plan to privatise meat inspectors risks food safety & export markets

248

2:08PM

GOVERNMENT

Treasury fires yet another warning shot across Government bows

274

2:02PM

GOVERNMENT

One year on: Keeping track of small business promises

331

Thursday, 6 November 2025

12:20AM

GOVERNMENT

Taxpayers' Union welcomes ACC's evidence-based funding reset

230

Thursday, 30 October 2025

9:59AM

GOVERNMENT

Survey reveals shocking cost of consents

345

9:49AM

GOVERNMENT

New report exposes tobacco tax well past the Laffer Curve: Hiking taxes on durries now means less revenue, more smokers

449

Saturday, 25 October 2025

5:21AM

GOVERNMENT

Another record year for Office of the Ombudsman

211

Tuesday, 14 October 2025

6:55AM

GOVERNMENT

Testing begins on New Zealand's new census survey

480

Thursday, 9 October 2025

3:02AM

GOVERNMENT

RBNZ Board should be sacked for approving $416k golden goodbye for Adrian Orr and claiming he 'quit'

625

Tuesday, 30 September 2025

3:42AM

GOVERNMENT

REVEALED: Bureaucrats Burn $226,000 on 400,000 Mile COP29 Junket

1,302

Wednesday, 24 September 2025

9:19AM

GOVERNMENT

EMA welcomes long-awaited overhaul of Holidays Act

2,599

9:18AM

GOVERNMENT

New sick leave reductions will leave retail workers feeling queasy

2,603

9:17AM

GOVERNMENT

Women, casual, & part-time workers worse off with Holidays Act overhaul

2,625

9:10AM

GOVERNMENT

Privacy Amendment Act passes

2,508

Wednesday, 17 September 2025

12:35AM

GOVERNMENT

"Tough on crime" Government lets repeat pesticide offenders off the hook

3,051

Monday, 8 September 2025

4:39AM

GOVERNMENT

REVEALED: RNZ's 90 Day Netflix Binge While Country Tunes Out

3,928

Thursday, 21 August 2025

6:11AM

GOVERNMENT

"The Tyranny of the Minority" are being blamed for the risks and failures of GMO/GE.

1,365

6:07AM

GOVERNMENT

REVEALED: NIWA Refuses to Disclose Public Spending on Video Game Contractors

994

Tuesday, 19 August 2025

2:52AM

GOVERNMENT

Government's Borrowing Binge Piles onto Trillion-Dollar National Debt

838

Monday, 11 August 2025

2:13AM

GOVERNMENT

Insurance accessibility key as Government reviews natural hazards levy

450

Wednesday, 6 August 2025

2:35PM

GOVERNMENT

Privacy Commissioner announces new rules for biometrics

4,226

Monday, 4 August 2025

5:05AM

GOVERNMENT

Supermarkets Asked To Label Gene Edited Foods. Consumers Betrayed by Ministerial Decision Against GE Labelling

4,582

Friday, 25 July 2025

11:30AM

GOVERNMENT

Quigley has no option but to go: Reserve Bank Chair misled public and undermined trust

4,672

11:28AM

GOVERNMENT

Axing same-day enrolment to vote exposes impact of Govt starving another key agency of enough funding

3,838

11:21AM

GOVERNMENT

DOC Reshuffle Fails to Deliver for Taxpayers

4,089

Saturday, 19 July 2025

4:52AM

GOVERNMENT

Experts urge fix as Government expands failing lunch scheme to primary schools

443

Thursday, 17 July 2025

2:20AM

GOVERNMENT

Farmers welcome halt to new plan changes

561

Saturday, 21 June 2025

3:45AM

GOVERNMENT

PM's intervention to kill Simon Watts' Ute Tax 2.0 welcomed by taxpayers

733

Friday, 20 June 2025

3:06AM

GOVERNMENT

Minister Watts Silent Again as Taxpayer Data-Grab Replaces Census

669

Thursday, 19 June 2025

3:45AM

GOVERNMENT

Still No Ticket to Ride: Time's Up for Motu Move Money Pit

454

3:42AM

GOVERNMENT

Human rights in Aotearoa on a downward trend

575

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

1:28AM

GOVERNMENT

REVEALED: MBIE's $137k iPhone Fiasco

312

Sunday, 15 June 2025

1:51AM

GOVERNMENT

REVEALED: Public Service Grows. More Bureaucrats, More Waste

376

Monday, 9 June 2025

2:47AM

GOVERNMENT

$23 Million IT Meltdown: Internal Affairs Blows Millions on Another Digital Disaster

500

2:46AM

GOVERNMENT

Tick Tock: Taxpayers' Union Refreshes Debt Clock to Show Full Government Borrowing

558

Wednesday, 28 May 2025

1:28AM

GOVERNMENT

New photography and filming guidance to help protect children and young people

498

Tuesday, 27 May 2025

1:24AM

GOVERNMENT

Minister, don't raid Budget 2026, just scrap the KiwiSaver subsidy

495

Sunday, 25 May 2025

3:18AM

GOVERNMENT

New analysis reveals New Zealanders' KiwiSaver funds could last 30% longer than under pre-Budget 2025 settings

662

Friday, 23 May 2025

3:03AM

GOVERNMENT

2025 Budget shows need for greater ambition on Child Poverty reduction targets

430

3:01AM

GOVERNMENT

Budget 2025 a betrayal of working people

386

2:53AM

GOVERNMENT

Budget confirms $12.6 billion theft of wages from women - pay equity betrayal laid bare

389

2:52AM

GOVERNMENT

Budget 2025 KiwiSaver changes set to leave more New Zealanders better off in retirement

373

2:50AM

GOVERNMENT

Budget 2025 fails to shift the dial on child poverty

305

2:49AM

GOVERNMENT

Nicola Willis' fudge-it 'growth' budget

341

2:49AM

GOVERNMENT

'We're going to need a bigger debt clock' – no plan for tackling runaway debt

294

2:48AM

GOVERNMENT

Parents, not the nanny state, should be responsible for school leavers

264

2:47AM

GOVERNMENT

The Fudge Formerly Known as the Growth Budget

261

Thursday, 15 May 2025

2:18PM

GOVERNMENT

REVEALED: The 14-Year Temp Worker: IRD's $21 Million Long-Term Consultant Spend Exposed

516

Thursday, 8 May 2025

11:40AM

GOVERNMENT

ACT welcomes ACC's change to race-based targets

476

Monday, 5 May 2025

2:24PM

GOVERNMENT

Sausage rolls and muffins — but still no answer on Orr's exit

506

6:21AM

GOVERNMENT

Auditor-General urged to investigate cuts to experts stopping health fraud

480

Thursday, 1 May 2025

2:01AM

GOVERNMENT

Cuts? Give us a break – new spending is still going up

474

1:55AM

GOVERNMENT

Voting ban "undermines democratic principles" says justice group

523

Wednesday, 30 April 2025

2:25AM

GOVERNMENT

Regulatory roadblock to be removed

459

Monday, 28 April 2025

6:09AM

GOVERNMENT

REVEALED: $310k Spent on Cars for Ex-PMs

455

Wednesday, 23 April 2025

2:33AM

GOVERNMENT

Health CEO Paid More Than the PM — Then Got a Golden Handshake

468

Friday, 18 April 2025

4:43AM

GOVERNMENT

Government takes fight against poverty to people in poverty

361

Thursday, 17 April 2025

1:33AM

GOVERNMENT

Reserve Bank's 'Funding Cut' is Actually a Massive Increase

402

Thursday, 10 April 2025

6:34AM

GOVERNMENT

Nicola Willis' new procurement rules won't pull wool over taxpayers' eyes

459

2:24AM

GOVERNMENT

Shear Brilliance: Government Backs Kiwi Wool!

472

Wednesday, 9 April 2025

12:02AM

GOVERNMENT

Green gravy train starting to derail — but the job's not done

524

Tuesday, 1 April 2025

3:47AM

GOVERNMENT

Port Marlborough welcomes government announcement on new ferry decision

447

Tuesday, 25 March 2025

2:24AM

GOVERNMENT

RMA reforms will help drive economic development, says EMA

555

2:23AM

GOVERNMENT

RMA reform - opening the door for investment

491

2:22AM

GOVERNMENT

RMA reform plans are a win for common sense consenting

589

Friday, 14 March 2025

4:05AM

GOVERNMENT

Chief Ombudsman publishes OIA and LGOIMA complaints information for July to December 2024

436

Thursday, 13 March 2025

4:18AM

GOVERNMENT

Foreign investment changes to keep international talent

347

4:15AM

GOVERNMENT

Sad day for low paid workers as Govt rolls back Living Wage requirement

374

Monday, 10 March 2025

2:25PM

GOVERNMENT

The infrastructure pieces are in place - now we urgently need to get to work, says EMA

559

6:59AM

GOVERNMENT

Going for Growth: Taxpayers' Union urges Government to adopt Full Capital Expensing in new briefing paper

615