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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Politics articles  Politics
    NZ is slowly slipping on the global corruption index. Is is time for an anti-corruption agency?
    New Zealand Parliament
    New Zealand Parliament
     18 February 2026
    New Zealand remains among the ‘cleanest’ countries in the world for perceived corruption. But a deeper trend suggests government action is needed.
    >> Read Article 

    A new iron treatment is on the way for people who've experienced serious reactions to treatment in the past
    18 Feb: A new iron treatment is on the way for people who've experienced serious reactions to treatment in the past... more
    Parliament's intervening - after the High Court ruled against the Ministry of Social Development requesting welfare repayments from those receiving back-dated ACC support
    18 Feb: Parliament's intervening - after the High Court ruled against the Ministry of Social Development requesting welfare repayments from those receiving back-dated ACC support... more
    Labour's Jan Tinetti says today's employment law change is a backwards step
    17 Feb: Labour's Jan Tinetti says today's employment law change is a backwards step... more
    The Greens say the Government's attacking workers with a major change to workplace law
    17 Feb: The Greens say the Government's attacking workers with a major change to workplace law... more
    Parliament's approving major changes to employment law
    17 Feb: Parliament's approving major changes to employment law... more
    The Finance Minister's accusing Labour of scraping the barrel with its questions in Parliament
    17 Feb: The Finance Minister's accusing Labour of scraping the barrel with its questions in Parliament... more
    Probes into the Teaching Council have outlined deep concerns, and found a serious need for change
    17 Feb: Probes into the Teaching Council have outlined deep concerns, and found a serious need for change... more
    Pharmacists have accepted a Health New Zealand pay offer
    17 Feb: Pharmacists have accepted a Health New Zealand pay offer... more
    A history of assassination reveals how ‘targeted killings’ became an extension of state power
    17 Feb: Shot, stabbed, poisoned with frog toxin – a new book reveals how the killing of political opponents has emerged from the shadows of government secrecy.... more

     Most Popular Recent Politics News
     06 Feb: Indonesia's government directs education funds to meals program as teachers struggle on low wages ++++++++++++++++++
     10 Feb: The former Air New Zealand boss says his time at the airline made him a better leader, as he moves into a new role abroad ++++++++++++++
     28 Jan: Tauranga's Mayor says a community gathering will be held tomorrow - to acknowledge last week's tragic landslide at Mount Maunganui +++++++++++++
     24 Jan: Two women believed to have been killed in the Mount Maunganui campground landslide were friends +++++++++++++
     02 Feb: There'll be a wait until we learn the outcome of today's court case between expelled Te Pati Maori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and her former party ++++++++++++
     27 Jan: Labour Leader Chris Hipkins has ruled out adopting Te Pati Maori's policy to abolish prisons, but says there're other policy areas they align +++++++++++
     30 Jan: Missing out on a spot at the airport is largely to blame for a Wellington taxi company's failure +++++++++++

     Politics NewsLinks
      18 Feb: Chris hipkins accuses winston peters of 'pure racism' in parliament (RadioNZ)
      18 Feb: Hipkins accuses peters of 'pure racism' in parliament (RadioNZ)
      18 Feb: 'just push us into the sea': the frustration of an area failed by politics (BBCWorld)
      17 Feb: Party leaders call for politics to be taken out of planning for weather events (RadioNZ)
      15 Feb: Mediawatch: solids, liquids and gas - infrastructure ills back in the frame (RadioNZ)
      13 Feb: Does australian politics still have a problem with women? (BBCWorld)
      13 Feb: A line in the snow: why the ukrainian athlete was banned and others were not (Sydney Morning Herald)
      11 Feb: ‘no politics, just sport’: team usa stars shut down trump talk (Sydney Morning Herald)
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