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1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Adam Pearse

Home / New Zealand / PoliticsThere is a 10% chance of Auckland suffering a volcanic eruption in the next 50 years and it could cost as much as $65 billion in building damage alone. The disaster scenario is one of several listed in a discussion document designed to inform the Government’s changes to the country’s emergency management legislation.

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Adam Pearse

The Advertising Standards Authority is assessing complaints it has received regarding a billboard campaign attacking Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick and MP Tamatha Paul. Billboards targeting the two Green Party members popped up in central Auckland and central Wellington last week as part of a campaign led by the Sensible Sentencing Trust.

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Ben Tomsett |Adam Pearse

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is set to address tensions with Winston Peters over trade messaging with Mike Hosking this morning on Newstalk ZB. The interview will be livestreamed from the top of this article. The coalition leaders have clashed recently over New Zealand’s approach to the fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs with Peters criticizing the use of “military language” in trade discussions.

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Adam Pearse

Changes are coming for New Zealand's driver licensing scheme. Photo / 123rfThe Government wants to remove the practical driving test needed to attain a full licence and reduce the number of eyesight tests required to allow more people to become qualified drivers. Transport Minister Chris Bishop said New Zealand was an international “outlier” in requiring a practical test for a person on a restricted licence who was applying for their full licence.

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Adam Pearse

Labour MP Willie Jackson said communities felt a bit deserted by his party when it was in Government. Photo / Mark MitchellSenior Labour MP Willie Jackson believes his party should have removed GST from meat products while in Government to help reduce the high cost of living. That’s despite Labour’s 2023 election policy proposing to remove GST from fruit and vegetables being widely panned as complicated to introduce and ineffective at providing relief to those who needed it.