Stories by Katie Scotcher

Minister of Internal Affairs Jan Tinetti has asked the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care to change the way it reports its finances and to be more transparent when doing so.

Children's Minister Kelvin Davis has asked officials to get to the bottom of unacceptable behaviour exposed at Oranga Tamariki's care and protection units.

Hate speech will become a criminal offence and anyone convicted could face harsher punishment, under proposed legislative changes.

The government is facing increasing pressure over how quickly it is rolling out its record $1.9 billion investment in mental health.

Winston Peters is leading his party into the 2023 election in a bid to re-enter Parliament, former New Zealand First MP Shane Jones has confirmed. Audio

The government is being warned those living in poverty will bear the brunt of the Climate Commission's plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions.

The person who recorded the row between outgoing National MP Nick Smith and a staffer no longer works at Parliament.

National Party MPs are denying any prior knowledge of the "verbal altercation" outgoing MP Nick Smith is under investigation for.

The six people facing Serious Fraud Office (SFO) charges over a donation made to the Labour Party will keep their names secret - for now.

Off the back of its best-ever election result, the Act Party wants to double the number of its MPs in Parliament in 2023.

The Act Party wants to give principals the power to award high-performing teachers potentially thousands of dollars for their work.

National MPs are at odds when it comes to race relations, offering differing views on Māori co-governance and targeted funding.

The New Zealand Super Fund has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars into a subsidiary of a company that has supplied combat aircraft to the Myanmar military.

The wording of ACT's parliamentary motion was changed for a second time ahead of this afternoon's debate on China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims, which is now taking place.

If Parliament were to declare the treatment of Uyghur Muslims as genocide it would "no doubt" hurt New Zealand's trade relationship with China, the Trade Minister says. Audio

A draft Cabinet paper has been prepared setting out the next steps the government could take in response to the report on achieving the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

The author of a report described by National leader Judith Collins as "divisive" says she wishes it was not used as a "political tool".

The government is being warned the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care will not produce a credible report because of significant changes it has made to the inquiry.

The Minister of Internal Affairs has removed the Royal Commission's power to investigate modern care providers and recent cases of abuse.

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care has asked for three emergency funding top-ups because it had blown the $56 million budget meant to last another two years.

The Federation of Islamic Associations is accusing the Office of Ethnic Communities of being insensitive by scheduling community meetings during the holy month of Ramadan.

The government's move to make it mandatory for all testing of border workers to be recorded in a central register is being derided as months too late.

New Zealanders in India are devastated the government has taken the unprecedented step of suspending all travel from the Covid-19 hot spot leaving them stranded. Audio

Only one white supremacist has been designated as a terrorist entity in New Zealand, two years on from the Christchurch mosque attacks.

The government has proposed a law change to give the Director-General of Health control of water fluoridation.