However, Regulations Minister David Seymour is rejecting the criticism from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.

“How do we speak truth to power? Just as power pretends it has none. As if history has lapsed, exploitation has expired, as ...

Former PM Sir Geoffrey Palmer analyses what's wrong with the Regulatory Standards Bill and wonders if we've reached a new low in NZ political life.

The Regulatory Standards Bill has drawn surprisingly strong opposition. Is it down to the bill's significance, or David ...

The NZCTU opposes the Regulatory Standards Bill in the strongest terms.The "principles of responsible regulation" set out in the Bill reflect the ...

Monday 23 June 2025 marks the closing of the select committee submission period on the controversial Regulatory Standards ...

The stakes are high. Deep-sea mining is highly controversial, with evidence showing mining activity can cause lasting damage to fragile marine ecosystems. One area off the east coast of the United ...

The law would also set up a Regulatory Standards Board, which would respond to concerns raised around the consistency of ...

Te Tiriti Embedding: All regulation and policy should explicitly reference and operationalise Te Tiriti o Waitangi. This includes requiring co-governance arrangements and meaningful engagement with ...

ACT was founded as a party advocating neoliberal economics; neoliberal economists still advise it, even if many of its members do not always appreciate the economics they are signing up to.

Opposition MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, who started the traditional dance, was suspended for seven days, while her party's co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer were banned for 21 days.