The Latest Breaking News from Act

The Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill will restrict the application of the landmark Godavarman judgment which had extended the scope of the 1980 Act to the dictionary meaning of ‘forest’

The Government created 10 water corporations to give local communities more control, but new changes to the Three Waters reform package ensure they will share the same employment contracts, the same IT systems, and more. Jonathan Milne reports from the Local Government NZ conference in Christchurch.

The national literacy and numeracy test results come out this week with some key changes.

He is alleging the institute breached a $5 million contract multiple times.

Pressure and workload is rising for ACT teachers.

Andrew Leigh won’t have made himself many friends in Labor with his attack this week on the stifling power of the party’s factions.

Officials were also stumped on what counts as infill and greenfield development.

It took three days but Chris Hipkins, with the help of his Justice Minister Kiri Allan, has finally explained what is driving Labour’s tougher-on-crime approach, writes political editor Jo Moir

He said media coverage of issues was 'grossly exaggerated'.