Todd Mc Clay

National is pledging to double the value of key exports within a decade, if it leads the next government.

It says it would conduct more overseas trade missions than any other New Zealand government… Audio

The latest Federated Farmers Farm Confidence Survey shows a dramatic decline in farmer confidence, with just one in every 25 respondents around the country expecting to see their fortunes improve over… Audio

The National Party is promising to restart live cattle exports and double the recognised seasonal employer worker cap if elected in October.

The party's leader Christopher Luxon unveiled their plan… Audio

For the first time since the return of democracy in Fiji in 2014, Frank Bainimarama's Fiji First Party has failed to secure the majority of seats in Parliament.

A coalition government will need to be… Audio

To Fiji, where votes are being counted in the country's four-yearly elections.

A glitch in the Elections' Office app meant provisional results were temporarily taken down last night, and when the app… Audio

In today's Focus on Politics, Political Reporter Katie Scotcher looks back on a trade deal both sides found fault with, and ahead to the challenges it still faces.  Audio

Some Rotorua locals say it's only a matter of time before businesses take the law into their own hands to combat a spate of ram raids and other crimes. Frustrated residents and shop owners met with… Audio

There's political consensus New Zealanders are paying too much for groceries, but little agreement on who's to blame and what should be done.

The government isn't ruling anything in or out with its… Audio

It's the multi-million-dollar trade expo to promote New Zealand business that NZ businesses cannot really get to.

The government has sunk close to $60 million into creating a pavilion at the Dubai… Video, Audio

The government is moving to clean up problems with emergency accommodation - at first in Rotorua where demand is greatest - a year after ministers were warned emergency housing was posing a risk to… Audio

Progress has been made on a bill to increase employer funded sick leave from five to ten days Audio

Back home now and Judith Collins has moved to crush any talk of descent in Nationals ranks following allegations she's making up policy on the fly.

A leaked email shows one of her own MPs was less… Audio

National Party Rotorua MP Todd McClay is annoyed newly arrived international passengers were bused from Auckland to Rotorua for mandatory managed isolation.

He says it happened under the cover of… Audio

The Tourism Minister is under fire for not acting fast enough in response to Covid-19 impacts.

Tourism operators say hundreds of thousands more jobs could be lost while they wait for details of a… Audio

It can’t be easy being in political opposition during a crisis. You don’t want to seem obstructive, but you’re the Opposition; it says it in the name. So, how do you oppose while supporting? Audio

The opposition says the Prime Minister needs to come out of today's meeting with her Australian counter-parts with a clear signal of when a trans-Tasman bubble could get off the ground.

Jacinda… Audio

As complaints flood in of businesses breaching Alert Level 3 Covid-19 restrictions there's uncertainty about who will clamp down on them.

The Government has set up a new investigation team - however… Audio

The National Party says small businesses are being hit hard by the lockdown, when many could continue to work safely.

.Todd McClay is the party's economic development spokersperson.

He speaks to… Audio

National Party leader Simon Bridges has made a high-stakes opening gambit in election year, attempting to knee-cap New Zealand First by ruling it out of any post-election deals.

But could the move… Audio

New Zealand has finally secured an enhanced free trade deal with China, but there's not yet a dollar figure on the financial benefits for local exporters.

It will make it cheaper and easier for… Audio