Jan Tinetti

Part-time attendance, eight-year-olds required to wear masks and classes in the fresh air - it's back to school but not school as usual for students in Auckland and Waikato next week.

The Government… Audio

Patsy questions often get roundly ignored. Today we’re doing the opposite and diving deeper. Video, Audio

The country's three residential special schools are costing taxpayers between $300,000 and almost a million dollars a child each year.

That's because the schools are half empty but are being funded… Audio

Four years ago an almost anonymous bill began life in Parliament. This week that quiet bill turned up the volume, went loud and now commands attention. Audio

A bill making it easier for people to change their sex on their birth certificate is one step closer to becoming law.

After a three year hiatus, the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships… Audio

Fire and Emergency, dogged for years by reports of bullying and harassment, has its first ever woman chairperson. Rebecca Keoghan has been appointed by the Internal Affairs Minister Jan Tinetti to… Audio

Internal Affairs Minister Jan Tinetti has asked the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historic Abuse in Care to be more transparent about its finances.

It comes just months after Treasury was roped in… Audio

The Royal Commission into historical abuse in care has been told to rein in its skyrocketing spending and now has to work with Treasury to get back on track.

Documents released to RNZ show… Audio

The government will, over the next five years, review everything that is taught in New Zealand schools.

The history curriculum is being rewritten this year, but plans are now being laid to refresh… Audio

After nearly 20 months and multiple extensions the high-level investigation into the Christchurch terror attack will today hand over its findings.

The Royal Commission was tasked with examining what… Audio

MPs have begun a 10 hour debate on whether or not public money was well spent in the 2017/2018 financial year. Audio

In the second of our series of interviews with first time candidates in this year's general election we speak to Jan Tinetti - Labour's candidate in the Tauranga electorate. Audio