Scholars will both value this new book with its original insights and descriptions and challenge some of its propositions.

The environment department will be abolished and folded into a new super-ministry for cities, environment, regions and transport.

The New Zealand First Party has introduced a Member’s Bill to Parliament that aims to enable a binding referendum on the future of Māori electoral seats at the 2026 General Election.

The Public Works Act is one of the most powerful pieces of legislation in Aotearoa. It gives the Crown the authority to ...

The government has introduced a bill to make English an official language, to ridicule from the opposition, and a fierce ...

A declaration recognizing whales as legal rights-holders is influencing legislation in New Zealand and sparking an international push to translate Indigenous customs into binding protections.

Amid intensifying regional challenges and weakening multilateral systems, the trans-Tasman alliance must evolve from habit into a deliberately integrated, credible, and strategically agile instrument ...

Visit Ruapehu would also like to express their gratitude and appreciation to departing Board members Janelle Hinch, Ah-Leen Rayner and Elijah Pue for their years of service, commitment and ...

Do you think the Treaty of Waitangi has too much, about the right amount, or too little influence over government decision making? Now this was asked in 2026, so is a reflection on the current ...

Bypassing plans for a Combined Territories Board (CTB) has been recommended by Greater Wellington in its submission on the Simplifying Local Government proposal. The regional council also agreed today ...

Bypassing plans for a Combined Territories Board (CTB) has been recommended by the Greater Wellington Regional Council in its submission on the Simplifying Local Government proposal. The ...

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