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This week the Prime Minister put a stake in the ground on immigration. A change in approach by immigration officials to partnership visas means Indians in particular are having a much harder time bringing their spouses to New Zealand. Up until Wednesday Jacinda Ardern had being fairly quiet publicly about the backlash from the Indian community over the change, while the spat between her Immigration Minister and New Zealand First only got louder. Political reporter Jo Moir has been following this story.

Last week the Prime Minister celebrated a "world-first" agreement with farmers putting agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme from 2025. While some farmers are grateful for the breathing space, for others it's just one less thing in a long list of things to worry about. Political reporter Jo Moir travelled to Canterbury to talk to farmers about the challenges ahead.

Consensus, finally, on a path forward to price agricultural emissions - but is it enough?

The Justice Minister is under pressure to get enough support for plan to deal with foreign fighters returning to New Zealand.

A week out from New Zealand First's annual conference in Christchurch , the party's leader Winston Peters spoke with political reporter Jo Moir and revealed the pressure his party put on Labour to tighten up on immigration, about his lack of concern about disgruntlement coming from within the party and his continued belief that the National Party still has another two leaders to go before the next election.

The coalition Government is vowing to clean up New Zealand's environment ...but how exactly that is going to work amongst the three parties is far from a done deal.

The government parties have promised to work together to clean up New Zealand’s environment and lower emissions.But that hasn't stopped them from trying to gain political ground where they can and picking which battles are worth fighting.

Mega week at the UN for Jacinda Ardern.

A year after her debut at the UN leaders' week, Jacinda Ardern returns to New York after an eventful 12 months

The Labour Party has been consumed by a controversy involving serious sexual assault allegations, putting the spotlight directly on the Prime Minister, and her most senior advisors and political colleagues.