Jacinda Adern
Student allowance 'not just tertiary education' - PM
The National Party says the government needs to explain how it will make sure people on the dole don't exploit the increase in student allowances planned for next year. National's Tertiary Education… Video, Audio
Manus resolution progressing - Ardern
New Zealand and Australian officials will work together to help hasten the resettlement of the 150 refugees, if, and when, Australia agrees to her offer to take 150 people a year from off-shore… Audio
Manus detainees reject NZ guard's claims they're criminals
Refugees occupying the former detention centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island have rejected the claims made by a New Zealander who says he worked at the centre. The man, known as Ian, says he was… Audio
Charles Finny, Jane Kelsey debate TPP developments
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern thinks the refashioned Trans Pacific Partnership is a 'damned sight better than the last'. And it could be in effect in just a matter of months. There are still four… Audio
Ardern to meet again with Turnbull over Manus
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she wants to have another meeting with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over Manus Island. Almost 600 refugees were initially at the centre - and they've… Audio
TPP APEC talks 'tough going' - Ardern
Jacinda Ardern says there is only a fifty-fifty chance of a Trans pacific trade deal being reached. New Zealand is trying to get the 10 other countries to drop the provisions that allow foreign… Audio
TPP talks 'down to wire' - Ardern
Jacinda Adern says the Trans Pacific Partnership talks are going down to the wire. The trade ministers of the 11 countries involved, including New Zealand's David Parker, have been meeting on the… Audio
Manus 150 offer 'still on table' - Jacinda Ardern
The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the offer from New Zealand to take refugees from Manus Island or Nauru remains on the table, despite Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull rejecting it… Audio
Ardern refuses to side-step Australia over Manus
The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is refusing to side-step Australia and negotiate directly with Papua New Guinea over taking desperate Manus Island detainees. This is despite Malcolm Turnbull putting… Audio
Ardern's offer to take Manus 150 stays open
The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is refusing to side-step Australia and negotiate directly with Papua New Guinea over taking desperate Manus Island detainees. This is despite Australia's Prime… Audio
Manus detainees appeal to Ardern for NZ asylum
Refugees on Manus Island are pleading with Jacinda Ardern to allow them to come to New Zealand, saying they have lost hope. Six hundred refugees are refusing to leave the detention centre which was… Audio
Foreign home-buyers to be banned by early 2018
From early next year, foreigners will no longer be able to buy houses in New Zealand. The Government plans to change the Overseas Investment Act to classify houses as sensitive which will allow the… Audio
Fleeting weekend visit to Australia for PM Jacinda Ardern
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will travel to Sydney on Sunday to meet her Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull in her first official overseas engagement as Prime Minister. Audio
‘I want the government ... to bring kindness back’
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern talks to John Campbell while on her way to being sworn in. She says she wants New Zealanders to know the government is empathetic, kind and has the right goal and focus… Video, Audio
Jacinda Ardern addresses adoring crowd after being sworn in as PM
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her ministers were sworn in as New Zealand’s new government today. They then returned to Parliament to a rapturous welcome. Video, Audio
Jacinda Ardern discusses price of NZ First support
Labour is set to unveil the ministers who will oversee its ambitious government programme this morning. Yesterday, it revealed more than 70 different commitments or concessions it made to New Zealand… Audio
Bill English concedes
National Party Leader Bill English talks to reporters about the negotiations that led to the National Party no longer being in government. Audio
Green Party leader speaks to the media
Green Party leader James Shaw talks about the Green Party's role providin in confidence and supply in the new Labour-NZ First-Green alliance. Audio
Jacinda Adern makes first speech as incoming Prime Minister
The Labour Leader and soon to be Prime Minister Jacinda Adern says she believes she has found coalition partners she can work with. Winston Peters has been offered the position of Deputy Prime… Video, Audio
Political reporters on standby
Political Editor Jane Patterson and numerous other political reporters prepare to hear from Prime Minister-in-waiting Jacinda Adern. Audio