The new, cheaper scheme shifts costs from central government to schools – and risks damaging the very thing that makes the programme work.

A yet-to-be published study also found achievement improved at some schools participating in the Ka Ora, Ka Ako scheme.

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.

What PM didn't mention when he outlined the dire state of maths performance in schools.

Labour says the focus on big new roads is hypocrisy for a government that came to power promising to cut costs.

He says he does believe humans had a role in causing climate change.

A Muslim leader says it's so far from the truth, when he first heard about it he thought he was being pranked. But a supporter of the flyer says otherwise.

Casey Costello denied it existed. Now she says she does not know who wrote - or even how she got - a tobacco policy document sent to officials.

Internationally ground-breaking research from inside the police force has quantified the difference between how Māori and Pākehā are treated when it comes to law