Craig McCulloch

Indian negotiators threatened to walk out of trade talks with New Zealand over its persistent efforts to include dairy, New Zealand's chief trade official says.

Indian negotiators threatened to walk out of trade talks with New Zealand over its persistent efforts to include dairy, New Zealand's chief trade official says

Winston Peters再次就移民问题对Christopher Luxon发难，称其一边说要采取"谨慎"态度，一边又签署与印度的自贸协定，认为两者互相矛盾。 这是联合政府内部产生分歧的又一最新佐证。优先党持续抨击自贸协定"荒唐的移民影响"。

The government has updated its official branding to give greater prominence to English over te reo Māori, following a directive from new Public Service Minister Paul Goldsmith.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says Thursday's Budget will be a "grown-up" one and free of any "lolly scramble", unlike those produced by Labour Party "babysitters".

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is showing no interest in tightening the housing allowance system for MPs despite the coalition making it harder for other New Zealanders to claim accommodation support.

The Finance Minister has used her last budget of the term to preach discipline, as she eyes a surplus on the horizon.

Arts Minister Paul Goldsmith has brushed off criticism of the government at the Aotearoa Music Awards as the "same old cliché", after Dame Lynda Topp delivered an expletive-laden broadside over arts funding.

Senior Cabinet minister Louise Upston insists the disappearing document debacle in the PM's office is an "isolated incident" and says it is "disingenuous" to suggest otherwise.

China has barred four New Zealand MPs from entering the country for a year after they visited Taiwan, in a move one MP has described as "intimidation".