Catherine McGregor

With NZ First blocking any change on the right and the left reluctant to touch a valued benefit, does it matter how good the arguments are, asks Catherine McGregor in today's excerpt from The Bulletin.

After decades of relentless defeat for Queensland’s rugby league team by a well-funded NSW side, a few superb matches in the 1970s and ‘80s brought a wave of Maroon pride.

Comeback bids, tactical votes and bipartisan hints: a round-up of recent Election 2026 news and analysis, in today's excerpt from The Bulletin.

NZ First's plan to buy back the Bank of New Zealand has attracted scepticism – even downright ridicule – from across the political spectrum, writes Catherine McGregor in today's excerpt from The Bulletin.

NZ First's plan to buy back the Bank of New Zealand has attracted scepticism – even downright ridicule – from across the political spectrum.

The government is planning to shrink the public service to its smallest level in nearly a decade – and the capital is bracing for impact, writes Catherine McGregor in today's excerpt from The Bulletin.

NZ First submits members' bills the way other parties write press releases. This week, one made it all the way to the house, writes Catherine McGregor in today's excerpt from The Bulletin.

The social housing reforms are just the latest in a series of sweeping changes to the way accommodation support is managed, writes Catherine McGregor in today's excerpt from The Bulletin.

The 8,700 lost public sector jobs will be replaced, in part, by AI. But nobody can say how it will work or what it will cost, writes Catherine McGregor in today's excerpt from The Bulletin.

From gas loans to wilding pine, a run of early budget announcements have set the stage for Thursday's big reveal, writes Catherine McGregor in today's excerpt from The Bulletin.