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West Auckland flood victims are working together to persuade ministers to set in place a compensation scheme to enable the managed retreat from homes they are too fearful to live in again. Jonathan Milne reports.

New Zealand announces relief package worth $186m, says cost of storm could rise above $8bn.

The Green co-leader's electorate decision is a sign of his future plans – and it also adds to the uncertainties around Wellington Central.

Green Party co-leader says it's time for "a new generation" in the seat, as he joins Labour incumbent Grant Robertson in opting against a run.

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he’s selected a team of lawmakers to lead the country that will focus on the everyday concerns of New Zealanders, such as the rising cost of living

The former New Zealand rugby player Campbell Johnstone has become the first All Black to come out as gay, saying he hoped to ‘take away the pressure and the stigma’ of doing so publicly

Political editor Jo Moir is picking some big changes and plenty of new faces when Chris Hipkins picks his new Cabinet team on Tuesday.

Jacinda Ardern has told Kiwis they would still see her around but not in public debates as the New Zealand leader prepares to give up the prime ministership.

To move on Three Waters, the retirement age and a capital gains tax could be the nails in Chris Hipkins' coffin – but they would provide some substantive additional lines to the epitaph of a government that has achieved less of its reform agenda than some supporters hoped, writes Jonathan Milne.