ANALYSIS Clear gaps have emerged in what the National Party knew about adverse behaviour by rogue MP Jami-Lee Ross and what different parts of the organisation communicated to each other.It has become clear National Party president...

Rogue National MP Jami-Lee Ross has admitted having affairs with two women - one of them an MP - and says there will be "challenging times ahead" in his marriage.On the day he was expecting to stand down from his Botany seat, the...

Next Thursday, Queenstown Lakes District Councillors will be asked to adopt a new Alcohol Restrictions in Public Places Bylaw.

On Thursday next week, Councillors will be asked to adopt a Responsible Camping Strategy that will deliver a multi-agency approach to responsible and sustainable camping in the Queenstown Lakes District.

MONDAY "Later today Simon Bridges is going to attempt to pin his leak inquiry on me." Jami-Lee Ross "With one exception, our examination did not identify any evidence to suggest that any National Party MP is the text message...

National MP Maureen Pugh has made it clear to the Deputy Electorate Chairman of West Coast-Tasman that she accepted Simon Bridges' apology, after he wrote on Facebook he will be "actively campaigning" for Bridges' resignation.In...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's partner Clarke Gayford has released never seen before photos of the moment NZ First Leader Winston Peters picked Labour as his Coalition Government partner. The photos show Ardern and Finance Minister...

The Minister for Climate Change is travelling to Poland tomorrow night to take part in preliminary talks around deciding the rules for meeting Paris Agreement obligations to reduce global greenhouse gases.

The deaths of three men in yesterday’s helicopter crash in Wanaka is a huge and deeply felt personal loss for the Department of Conservation (DOC) whanau and New Zealand conservation, Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage said today.

The Government has hurt New Zealand’s reputation well beyond the oil and gas sector, and must respond to investors facing $104 million of losses if its exploration ban succeeds, National’s Energy and Resources spokesperson Jonathan Young says.

If the public votes in favour of legalising cannabis in a referendum, a National-led government would change the law accordingly, National Party leader Simon Bridges says.

National wants the head of an inquiry into Wally Haumaha's appointment as deputy police commissioner to step down or be sacked.

Hundreds of students from Sri Lanka could be here illegally, while officials do what they can to investigate claims of fraud in the student visa scheme.

Government agencies have been asked to urgently find ways to reduce the harm caused by synthetic cannabis.

The government wants public input on a set of well-being indicators it intends to incorporate into all future Budgets.

Prime Minister Bill English has confirmed disgraced MP Todd Barclay offered to play him the tape recording that led to his downfall.

A fourth-term National Government will further cut taxes and raise incomes, Prime Minister Bill English has said in a speech to lift party faithful after a horror week.

Major political parties have found a way around electoral campaign rules by calling hundreds of public meetings across the country.

OPINION: Some National Party supporters may have worried when former leader John Key stepped down as leader.

OPINION: MPs like to claim their party alone gets "the issues real New Zealanders care about".