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The Greens consider using the law they hate
The Week in Politics - The Greens face a difficult decision after getting rid of Darleen Tana: Should they now force her out of Parliament?
The Week in Politics: Is it 'mission accomplished' for Chris Bishop?
Analysis - The minister sets out his plan to solve the housing crisis and a survey shows business confidence crashing as more companies go into liquidation, Peter Wilson writes.
The Week in Politics: Strong medicine for a bad headache
Analysis - The government solves its cancer drugs problem by delivering twice as much as it promised, Peter Wilson writes.
It really has been 'scrutiny week' for the government
Analysis - The PM's plane breaks down, but Luxon tries to keep things rolling, while MPs face tough questions at home, Peter Wilson writes.
The Week in Politics: Data misuse, MPs' perks and talks with China
Analysis - The government gets serious about the alleged misuse of census data, and there are more revelations about MPs paying rent to themselves with taxpayer dollars.
Government struggles to explain the inexplicable
Analysis - National's broken promise to deliver new cancer drugs raises a firestorm of anger in The Week in Politics.
What will the government get out of Budget 2024?
Week in Politics - Coverage has focused on what voters could get out of the budget, but what impact could it have on the coalition's popularity?
The Week in Politics: Willis sails against strong headwinds
Preparing to present one of the most difficult budgets, a National MP gets himself into trouble and the First Home Buyers Grant is scrapped.
Charter schools, special police and a tricky problem
The Week in Politics: ACT brings back a signature policy, while NZ First mulls how to fulfil a promise.
Week in Politics: Triumph and disaster, but no austerity
Analysis - A big announcement about Auckland's water woes was overshadowed by a chaotic press conference about prisons, Peter Wilson writes.
Week in Politics: Polls woes, pay rises and Greens trouble
Analysis - A poll showing the opposition is more popular than the government raises questions, politicians go through their 'trial by pay rise' and a Green MP loses her cool in the debating chamber.
Week in Politics: The Tribunal, gangs, demotions
Analysis - Two ministers were stripped of portfolios, drama broke out at the Waitangi Tribunal, and the gang patch ban bill ran into opposition.
Week in Politics: Job cuts surge, tribunal trouble
Analysis - It's been a grim week for public servants and trouble is brewing between the government and Waitangi Tribunal.
The week in politics: Targets, truants and MPs' pay pickle
Analysis - A look back at "ambitious" public service targets, plans to fix school attendance and pay rises for politicians.
Truancy presents delicate problems for govt
Analysis - The government's "things to do" list gets a hostile reception, moves to get more children attending school could affect every parent, and is the PM running NZ like a company?
Tax cuts and a spoonful of sugar
Analysis - Nicola Willis is holding firm on tax cuts despite the economic outlook being worse than forecast and critics urging her to wait, writes Peter Wilson for The Week In Politics.
Week in Politics: Landlords and tenants, police and minister
Analysis - Interest deductibility for landlords a help for renters or a "cash handout"? The "insulting" police pay offer, and Luxon's uncomfortable press conference.
The Week in Politics: More controversy, more surprises
Analysis - Christopher Luxon gets a roasting, when is a tax not a tax, and there's another debacle, Peter Wilson writes.
Week in Politics: Angry debate on 'the bill that kills'
Analysis - What we learnt as the government pushed two controversial bills through Parliament under urgency.
Luxon, at last, does his own thing, for his own party
Analysis - Christopher Luxon comes out from under the shadow of his coalition partners, and the sudden death of Efeso Collins brings Parliament to a standstill, Peter Wilson writes.
Water wars: Who pays and what happened to $1.2b?
Analysis: The government's plan raises questions as it is revealed Labour spent $1.2b setting up the repealed Three Waters scheme.
Seymour's bill still front and centre despite National's attempt at a reset
Analysis - The Treaty Principles Bill is still in the spotlight despite National trying to shift attention, Peter Wilson writes.
Calls to 'clear the air' over any tobacco links in government
Analysis - Labour and health academics push for clarity over whether tobacco companies had any involvement with the government's smokefree policies, David Seymour will be at Waitangi to explain his…
Week in Politics: Government's year starts with a problem
Analysis - 2024 is already proving it will test Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, writes Peter Wilson.
Year in Politics: The year of three prime ministers and a swing to the right
Analysis - Three prime ministers and two radically different governments - 2023 saw changes that sent New Zealand into a new era of right-wing conservatism driven by the first three-party coalition.