The Act Party is quickly gaining support, but it's pointing fingers at public servants for Labour's major lead. 

Newshub's latest Reid Research poll shows a record 4.9 percent increase for the Act Party to 16 percent overall. 

National slumped to 26.9...

The Government's being accused of being out of touch, with its current Covid restrictions in Auckland. 

Ministers will decide today whether to move the region to Step Three restrictions on Wednesday, allowing bars, restaurants and hairdressers to...

Auckland businesses are pleading for the right to reopen this week. 

Cabinet will decide today whether to move the region to Step Three restrictions on Wednesday -- allowing bars, restaurants and hairdressers to reopen with public health measures in...

NCEA and scholarship exams start today after a disrupted school year.  

Students who have been affected by the ongoing level three lockdown are eligible for an Unexpected Event Grade.  

If students don't sit the exam, they'll get that grade and if...

Public health experts say letting Auckland's bars, cafes and hairdressers open next week wouldn't be wise but one thinks the Government may make the move anyway with cases and hospitalisations remaining steady.  

Nearing 100 days in lockdown, Cabinet...

I spent yesterday afternoon with a couple of doctors from Papakura Marae, going door-to-door visiting whānau who have tested positive for Covid-19. They were testing vital signs and oxygen saturation.

The story will be on Q+A tomorrow. It was a good...

Rural vaccination rates are lagging behind.

Otago University's Garry Nixon told Andrew Dickens rural rates are about eight per cent cities.

The Department of General Practice and Rural Health Associate Professor says that's a real worry.

“For a lot of...

It’s time for the Lost and Found file on Newstalk ZB.

Lost: Any government representative on just about anything this Friday.  

The 1 pm press conference was cancelled today. So, as concern rises about the insidious spread of Covid’s tentacles, as...

There are 30 new community cases in the Waikato today as New Zealand records 198.

The total number of Delta cases in the region is now 214 — one is in hospital, while 115 are isolating at home.

Meanwhile, there are 152 new community cases in Auckland,...

Today on Politics Friday, John MacDonald was joined by Labour's Tracey McClellan and National's Gerry Brownlee.

Topics for discussion included the recent cancellations of events in Canterbury, and if Government's new Traffic Light System provided...