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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Politics articles  Politics
    Trump threatens Iran with 'major destruction' as US fleet arrives in Gulf
     29 January 2026
    The US president says Tehran should make a deal or face military strikes as tensions between the two countries escalate.
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    Non-urgent events are dominating the number of 111 calls for ambulances, as paramedics struggle to keep up with demand
    29 Jan: Non-urgent events are dominating the number of 111 calls for ambulances, as paramedics struggle to keep up with demand... more
    Iranian doctor who fled to Australia after operating on massacre victims estimates death toll in tens of thousands
    28 Jan: In one of the most harrowing accounts yet, a doctor who fled Iran for Australia recounts trying to save bullet-riddled victims of the government crackdown on protests.... more
    Te Pati Maori is justifying its stance on prison abolition, in the face of criticism from the Government and Labour
    28 Jan: Te Pati Maori is justifying its stance on prison abolition, in the face of criticism from the Government and Labour... more
    New Health and safety laws for teaching and research laboratories - could take effect this year
    28 Jan: New Health and safety laws for teaching and research laboratories - could take effect this year... more
    Tensions in Minnesota could send the US into another government shutdown — here's why
    28 Jan: Politicians across the spectrum in the US are looking for ways forward as public outrage intensifies in Minnesota. From a border czar to a partial government shutdown, here's what could come next.... more
    Repeated government lying, warned Hannah Arendt, makes it impossible for citizens to think and to judge
    28 Jan: When officials lie time and again, people don’t know what to trust. And when this happens, citizens cannot deliberate, approve or dissent coherently, because a shared world no longer exists.... more
    Tauranga's Mayor says a community gathering will be held tomorrow - to acknowledge last week's tragic landslide at Mount Maunganui
    28 Jan: Tauranga's Mayor says a community gathering will be held tomorrow - to acknowledge last week's tragic landslide at Mount Maunganui... more
    Ending duty-free tobacco sales would be good for health – and health budgets
    27 Jan: Taxes raise prices, and higher prices reduce smoking. But duty-free tobacco sales remain a policy anomaly and deny the government much-needed health revenue.... more
    The coalition government has retained a small lead in the latest RNZ-Reid Research Poll
    27 Jan: The coalition government has retained a small lead in the latest RNZ-Reid Research Poll... more

     Most Popular Recent Politics News
     06 Feb: Indonesia's government directs education funds to meals program as teachers struggle on low wages +++++++++++++++++++
     10 Feb: The former Air New Zealand boss says his time at the airline made him a better leader, as he moves into a new role abroad ++++++++++++++
     28 Jan: Tauranga's Mayor says a community gathering will be held tomorrow - to acknowledge last week's tragic landslide at Mount Maunganui ++++++++++++++
     24 Jan: Two women believed to have been killed in the Mount Maunganui campground landslide were friends +++++++++++++
     02 Feb: There'll be a wait until we learn the outcome of today's court case between expelled Te Pati Maori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and her former party ++++++++++++
     11 Feb: Area school teachers are heading back into pay talks - due to a disagreement between unions ++++++++++++
     30 Jan: Missing out on a spot at the airport is largely to blame for a Wellington taxi company's failure ++++++++++++

     Politics NewsLinks
      19 Feb: Trump and epstein: us politics takes centre stage once again at winter olympics (Sydney Morning Herald)
      18 Feb: Chris hipkins accuses winston peters of 'pure racism' in parliament (RadioNZ)
      18 Feb: Hipkins accuses peters of 'pure racism' in parliament (RadioNZ)
      18 Feb: 'just push us into the sea': the frustration of an area failed by politics (BBCWorld)
      17 Feb: Party leaders call for politics to be taken out of planning for weather events (RadioNZ)
      15 Feb: Mediawatch: solids, liquids and gas - infrastructure ills back in the frame (RadioNZ)
      13 Feb: Does australian politics still have a problem with women? (BBCWorld)
      13 Feb: A line in the snow: why the ukrainian athlete was banned and others were not (Sydney Morning Herald)
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    Cricket:
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    Law and Order:
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    Law and Order:
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    Entertainment:
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    General:
    Australian underdogs edged out of mixed aerials team medals at 2026 Milano Cortina Games 13:07

    Golf:
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    Rugby:
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    Entertainment:
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    Entertainment:
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    Business:
    Fifteen years on from the devastating Christchurch earthquake, belief light may finally be at the end of the tunnel 11:57

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