James Shaw

It's the last week of the election campaign.

On Saturday the votes will be tallied and the country will know which party or parties will be lining up to govern for the next three years.

It was a… Audio

The minor parties have been battling it out to woo the undecided voters ahead of Election Day.

New Zealand First's Winston Peters, the Green's James Shaw, David Seymour from Act along with the Maori… Audio

New Zealanders started heading to polling booths with the start of early voting on Saturday - including a good number of political leaders.

The Electoral Commission expects record numbers to cast… Audio

Three weeks out from the election and the latest political poll suggests the Green Party will play a key role in forming a new government.

Last night's Colmar Brunton poll put the Green Party at… Audio

The Green Party is insisting a wealth tax is not a bottom line for any coalition agreement with Labour despite one of its senior MPs saying it is.

The policy means those people worth more than $1… Audio

Last night's debate was a fiery affair with heated exchanges over the country's future in a Covid-19 world.

No - we're not talking about the tepid TV face-off between Jacinda Ardern and Judith… Audio

New Zealand could be the first country to require the financial sector to report on climate risks under a new regime proposed by the Climate Change Minister.

The mandatory reporting system would… Audio

Hoardings are at every corner, social media littered with candid candidates, and fiery debates dominating the news - it must be election year.

The politicians on our screens are renowned for long… Video, Audio

Political leaders have lined up to tell New Zealand business how their party intends to steward this country through the economic crisis, including a plan from Labour to loosen some restrictions at… Video, Audio

Politicians are travelling the length and breadth of the country making big spending promises - but when will the public know if it all stacks up?

The Covid-19 response has already cost the country… Audio

The Taranaki Green School at the centre of a political funding row has aspirations to create an 'eco-village' at its Oakura site including 20 houses.

This is news to the Green Party co-leader James… Audio

Greens leader James Shaw has been under the cosh for his Green School decision, but what's going on behind the scenes and will it cost votes? Social media rears it's sulky head, vaccination lies and… Audio

A leaked video clip of last week's Green Party crisis call shows James Shaw claiming the controversial Green School funding had been given "verbal sign-off" by Education Minister Chris Hipkins.

The… Audio

James Shaw has spent the best part of the last week floating out to sea while his own party and ministerial colleagues watched from the safety of the shore.

After trying to get support from his… Audio

Pressure is mounting on Green Party co-leader James Shaw to pull his support for $11.7 million of taxpayers' money being handed to the privately owned Taranaki Green School.

It's not just principals… Audio

New Zealand First is the lone voice in Parliament calling for the Christchurch terrorist to see out his sentence in Australia.

Winston Peters says the cost of keeping Brenton Tarrant in isolation… Audio

Acting New Plymouth principal Kealy Warren says she felt physically ill when she heard a private green school in her community had been given $11.7 million by the government.

She says her low-decile… Audio

Our unexpectedly revenant Parliament has been back for a week of action with a very reduced job description. The House outlines the highlights and the job size. Audio

A small group of MPs have returned to the capital for a stripped back version of Parliament - with the government's Covid response, in particular the country's border at the top of the agenda.

It was… Audio