Stories by Peter Wilson

Analysis - The crackdown on working from home, the still-awaited ferries solution is testing coalition cohesion - and tax policy is back in the news.

Analysis - Crime throws the government's reduction target into doubt and Labour's Chris Hipkins has to deal with a bad poll.

Analysis - David Seymour's Treaty Principles Bill is a step closer to Parliament, and Chris Hipkins' hints his party could go into the next election with a radical tax policy.

Analysis - The government's $32.9 billion transport spend-up, a big hike in the tourist levy, and the prime minister's ferry-free visit to South Korea.

Analysis - Government seeks solutions to the energy crisis, the media sees through Luxon's assault on councils, and the question is asked: "Where's Chippy?"

The Week in Politics: The PM faces heat at Tūrangawaewae, David Seymour's Treaty Principles Bill faces an early death, and the government faces an energy crisis.

Analysis - The government tries to claim the credit for the cut in the OCR, welfare changes are criticised as beneficiary bashing, and the scale of Health NZ's problems are set out, in the Week in…

Week in Politics: The former PM looms large, the government's maths initiative runs into controversy, and warnings are sounded over Health NZ's finances.

Analysis - It should have been a really good week for the government but a string of horror stories got in the way, writes Peter Wilson in his look back at the Week in Politics.

Analysis - politicians have to decide what to do about child abuse, Health NZ is booked in for major surgery and Darleen Tana returns, Peter Wilson writes.

Analysis - Peter Wilson goes over the week in politics, including the Greens' latest controversy, the fight between David Seymour and Te Pāti Māori, and the attempted Trump assassination.

The Week in Politics - The Greens face a difficult decision after getting rid of Darleen Tana: Should they now force her out of Parliament?

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.

Analysis - The government solves its cancer drugs problem by delivering twice as much as it promised, Peter Wilson writes.

Analysis - The PM's plane breaks down, but Luxon tries to keep things rolling, while MPs face tough questions at home, Peter Wilson writes.

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.

Analysis - National's broken promise to deliver new cancer drugs raises a firestorm of anger in The Week in Politics.

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?

Preparing to present one of the most difficult budgets, a National MP gets himself into trouble and the First Home Buyers Grant is scrapped.

The Week in Politics: ACT brings back a signature policy, while NZ First mulls how to fulfil a promise.

Analysis - A big announcement about Auckland's water woes was overshadowed by a chaotic press conference about prisons, Peter Wilson writes.

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.

Analysis - Two ministers were stripped of portfolios, drama broke out at the Waitangi Tribunal, and the gang patch ban bill ran into opposition.

Analysis - It's been a grim week for public servants and trouble is brewing between the government and Waitangi Tribunal.

Analysis - A look back at "ambitious" public service targets, plans to fix school attendance and pay rises for politicians.