New Zealand Government News Index

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Thursday, 19 February 2026

5:45AM

GOVERNMENT

RBNZ comments show why the Government must cap council rates now

380

5:44AM

GOVERNMENT

Update to our sensitive expenditure good practice guidance

359

Tuesday, 17 February 2026

11:03PM

GOVERNMENT

Long-term Infrastructure Plan welcomed by road freight sector

431

10:59PM

GOVERNMENT

EMA backs broad direction of new Health and Safety Bill - but warns key gaps must be fixed

490

10:58PM

GOVERNMENT

The Office's position on value for money: why it matters and what to expect

379

10:38PM

GOVERNMENT

Plan sets path for New Zealand's infrastructure over the next 30 years

396

Monday, 19 January 2026

6:11AM

GOVERNMENT

Men should be banned from using women's changing rooms at work

1,121

Thursday, 18 December 2025

2:41PM

GOVERNMENT

New appointments to Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Board and Māori Heritage Council

387

Wednesday, 17 December 2025

1:48PM

GOVERNMENT

Aged Care Association response to announcement of Aged Care Ministerial Advisory Group

253

Tuesday, 16 December 2025

5:11PM

GOVERNMENT

Transporting New Zealand cautiously welcoming new super-ministry announcement

323

5:10PM

GOVERNMENT

Tick tock goes the debt clock: $5,950 interest bill per household by 2030

270

4:55PM

GOVERNMENT

Budget Policy Statement signals more damage to come for vital public services - fight will define election year

228

4:44PM

GOVERNMENT

Funding awarded to projects exploring the stories of kaumātua, activists, and entertainers

193

4:33PM

GOVERNMENT

Govt delivers uncertain future for hundreds of workers just in time for Christmas.

271

Monday, 15 December 2025

2:23PM

GOVERNMENT

Homelessness Rising Across New Zealand: Sector Urges Long-Term Solutions

572

Friday, 12 December 2025

11:04AM

GOVERNMENT

More than maintenance - new guidance to drive better care of New Zealand's infrastructure

262

Thursday, 11 December 2025

11:39AM

GOVERNMENT

Regulatory standards shine through in new planning system

181

2:44AM

GOVERNMENT

REVEALED: Reserve Bank Spent $852,000 Shuttling Staff Between Its Two Offices

269

2:39AM

GOVERNMENT

Privacy Commissioner makes it clear: "You can share personal information to keep children and young people safe."

191

2:38AM

GOVERNMENT

All eyes on Australia: ACT urges caution on social media ban

331

Tuesday, 9 December 2025

3:48PM

GOVERNMENT

Government delivering huge regulatory tax relief with RMA reforms

192

3:47PM

GOVERNMENT

"Transformational reform" to resource management arrives

184

Monday, 8 December 2025

12:53PM

GOVERNMENT

Retirement village mandatory buyback period undermines financial viability of the sector

366

Friday, 5 December 2025

2:58PM

GOVERNMENT

Ministry of Health proposes slashing top public health experts

352

2:56PM

GOVERNMENT

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

258

2:55PM

GOVERNMENT

Taxpayers' Union Calls For Meeting After IRD Blunder

443

Thursday, 4 December 2025

12:42PM

GOVERNMENT

ACT welcomes completion of retirement village review

199

12:36PM

GOVERNMENT

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

338

12:25PM

GOVERNMENT

$837,000 in Golden Handshakes this week alone

288

12:18PM

GOVERNMENT

Retirement Commission welcomes reform of Retirement Villages Act

239

10:07AM

GOVERNMENT

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

268

Wednesday, 3 December 2025

11:55AM

GOVERNMENT

Another day, another golden handshake

297

7:05AM

GOVERNMENT

Independent Assessment Identifies Infrastructure Opportunities for New Zealand

282

Tuesday, 2 December 2025

2:41PM

GOVERNMENT

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

216

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

387

3:20PM

GOVERNMENT

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

242

12:14PM

GOVERNMENT

Six-month checkups prescribed for new procurement rules

208

12:01PM

GOVERNMENT

Privacy Act 2020 turns 5 - changes are needed

158

Friday, 28 November 2025

12:14PM

GOVERNMENT

$535/hour consultant, yet National Ticketing still delayed

244

12:00PM

GOVERNMENT

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

326

1:44AM

GOVERNMENT

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

292

Thursday, 27 November 2025

4:08PM

GOVERNMENT

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

196

4:07PM

GOVERNMENT

Prime Minister urged to resolve impasse in essential workers' bargaining

179

Tuesday, 25 November 2025

2:55PM

GOVERNMENT

No more hidden MP spending: Parliament must Open the Books

278

Monday, 24 November 2025

2:24PM

GOVERNMENT

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

319

Friday, 21 November 2025

12:12PM

GOVERNMENT

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

330

Thursday, 20 November 2025

1:22PM

GOVERNMENT

Insurers welcome Govt decision to keep NHC levy unchanged

210

1:01PM

GOVERNMENT

Clean Car Standard still a lemon ready for the scrap heap

166

10:46AM

GOVERNMENT

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

134

Friday, 14 November 2025

10:04AM

GOVERNMENT

Advisory: Governor-General's visit to Antarctica

447

9:47AM

GOVERNMENT

New Zealand needs Privacy Act modernisation

317

Wednesday, 12 November 2025

1:27PM

GOVERNMENT

Transporting New Zealand welcomes the introduction of roadside drug testing

457

Tuesday, 11 November 2025

2:11PM

GOVERNMENT

Plan to privatise meat inspectors risks food safety & export markets

378

2:08PM

GOVERNMENT

Treasury fires yet another warning shot across Government bows

331

2:02PM

GOVERNMENT

One year on: Keeping track of small business promises

379

Thursday, 6 November 2025

12:20AM

GOVERNMENT

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

295

Thursday, 30 October 2025

9:59AM

GOVERNMENT

Survey reveals shocking cost of consents

395

9:49AM

GOVERNMENT

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

497

Saturday, 25 October 2025

5:21AM

GOVERNMENT

Another record year for Office of the Ombudsman

251

Tuesday, 14 October 2025

6:55AM

GOVERNMENT

Testing begins on New Zealand's new census survey

536

Thursday, 9 October 2025

3:02AM

GOVERNMENT

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

683

Tuesday, 30 September 2025

3:42AM

GOVERNMENT

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

1,381

Wednesday, 24 September 2025

9:19AM

GOVERNMENT

EMA welcomes long-awaited overhaul of Holidays Act

2,641

9:18AM

GOVERNMENT

New sick leave reductions will leave retail workers feeling queasy

2,723

9:17AM

GOVERNMENT

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

2,687

9:10AM

GOVERNMENT

Privacy Amendment Act passes

2,558

Wednesday, 17 September 2025

12:35AM

GOVERNMENT

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

3,102

Monday, 8 September 2025

4:39AM

GOVERNMENT

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

3,980

Thursday, 21 August 2025

6:11AM

GOVERNMENT

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

1,462

6:07AM

GOVERNMENT

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

1,043

Tuesday, 19 August 2025

2:52AM

GOVERNMENT

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

971

Monday, 11 August 2025

2:13AM

GOVERNMENT

Insurance accessibility key as Government reviews natural hazards levy

476

Wednesday, 6 August 2025

2:35PM

GOVERNMENT

Privacy Commissioner announces new rules for biometrics

6,712

Monday, 4 August 2025

5:05AM

GOVERNMENT

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

7,118

Friday, 25 July 2025

11:30AM

GOVERNMENT

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

7,162

11:28AM

GOVERNMENT

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

5,975

11:21AM

GOVERNMENT

DOC Reshuffle Fails to Deliver for Taxpayers

6,329

Saturday, 19 July 2025

4:52AM

GOVERNMENT

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

496

Thursday, 17 July 2025

2:20AM

GOVERNMENT

Farmers welcome halt to new plan changes

657

Saturday, 21 June 2025

3:45AM

GOVERNMENT

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

825

Friday, 20 June 2025

3:06AM

GOVERNMENT

Minister Watts Silent Again as Taxpayer Data-Grab Replaces Census

718

Thursday, 19 June 2025

3:45AM

GOVERNMENT

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

501

3:42AM

GOVERNMENT

Human rights in Aotearoa on a downward trend

655

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

1:28AM

GOVERNMENT

REVEALED: MBIE's $137k iPhone Fiasco

343

Sunday, 15 June 2025

1:51AM

GOVERNMENT

REVEALED: Public Service Grows. More Bureaucrats, More Waste

419

Monday, 9 June 2025

2:47AM

GOVERNMENT

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

570

2:46AM

GOVERNMENT

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

700

Wednesday, 28 May 2025

1:28AM

GOVERNMENT

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

567

Tuesday, 27 May 2025

1:24AM

GOVERNMENT

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

623

Sunday, 25 May 2025

3:18AM

GOVERNMENT

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

812

Friday, 23 May 2025

3:03AM

GOVERNMENT

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

509

3:01AM

GOVERNMENT

Budget 2025 a betrayal of working people

425

2:53AM

GOVERNMENT

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

439

2:52AM

GOVERNMENT

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

426

2:50AM

GOVERNMENT

Budget 2025 fails to shift the dial on child poverty

331

2:49AM

GOVERNMENT

Nicola Willis' fudge-it 'growth' budget

389

2:49AM

GOVERNMENT

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

351

2:48AM

GOVERNMENT

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

299

2:47AM

GOVERNMENT

The Fudge Formerly Known as the Growth Budget

294

Thursday, 15 May 2025

2:18PM

GOVERNMENT

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

582