Craig McCulloch

The finance minister has implored public servants to bring new ideas to the table, while acknowledging she was "asking a lot" at an "unsettling" time.

Government ministers have pushed back after the Wellington mayor accused them of "punching down" in their recent criticisms of her council.

The government announced the breakthrough on Wednesday morning, while also hailing a further funding injection into the charity.

Analysis - Christopher Luxon made the most of his first East Asia Summit, but the harder ask will be now translating that to tangible results.

The PM has emerged with an official invite to New Delhi after his coveted meeting with India's leader in Laos.

Talking crises over coffee, the leaders of NZ, Australia and Canada convened at a in a meeting on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon maintains the East Asia Summit is still relevant, as he touches down in Laos on Thursday morning for the annual gathering of regional leaders. Audio

Damien O'Connor has removed a social media post he shared that seems to justify Hamas' 7 October attack on Israel, but has not apologised.

Antonia Watson said she believed taxing investment properties at the point of sale was fair.

The government has also delayed the remainder of the rollout by three months.

Watch: Politicians react as Coster's resignation announced, he will head the new social investment agency. Audio

The public broadcaster had promoted the episode of It's Personal with Anika Moa, but decided not to air the interview following an "editorial check".

It comes as the coalition partners dig in on their opposing positions on whether or not to ramp-up regulation.

Asked if he would swim in the harbour if there was sewage, Greg O'Connor said: "Yeah, I do." But Chris Hipkins said he "probably" would not.

Shane Reti said he was sorry to hear of the "very unfortunate episode" but would not comment on whether it showed a system in crisis.

The criticism was revealed to RNZ in an official information act response, but new documents show Judith Collins asked for them to be redacted.

Further regulation of the supermarket sector may hit a snag in the form of David Seymour, who is mounting strong opposition to any such move.

Christopher Luxon has no plans to raise the Interislander "ferry fiasco" during his trip to South Korea this week.

The government is almost tripling the fee charges to most international visitors.

交通部长Simeon Brown表示，让交通系统的受益者为路网维护做出贡献是合情合理的。

It comes as the Privileges Committee endorsed former Speaker Adrian Rurawhe's response to co-leader Rawiri Waititi appearing to breach a suppression order in the House last year.

The government has announced a roadmap for moving all light vehicles away from the fuel tax and on to road user charges.

A hearing is set for 10am on Thursday at the High Court in Auckland.

Commodore Garin Golding will be promoted to Rear Admiral and Brigadier Rose King to Major General - the first ever woman in that role.

In the pouring rain and whipping winds, politicians arrived at Ngāruawāhia's Tūrangawaewae marae for te Koroneihana, the 18th anniversary of the Māori King's coronation.

The typically apolitical…