Louise Upston
Topics
- Prime Minister's press secretary resignationQuiet since 17 Jun 2025
- MSD wrongful benefit payment suspensionsQuiet since 11 Sep
- Jobseeker changes for young peopleQuiet since 11 Dec 2025
- Australian tourism campaign 2025Quiet since 19 Feb 2025
- Government events and tourism funding packageQuiet since 17 Sep 2025
- Digital nomad visa announcementQuiet since 28 Jan 2025
- Dame Tariana Turia death and tangihangaQuiet since 7 Jan 2025
- Budget 2025Quiet since 6 Jun 2025
- Michael Forbes police investigationQuiet since 5 Sep 2025
- Jevon McSkimming police scandalQuiet since 19 Dec 2025
- Under-16 social media ban billQuiet since 29 Aug
- National Party leadership speculation 2026Quiet since 7 Sep
All stories
October 2026
- Christopher Luxon visits Bay of Plenty farmers and residents
- Kings of Leon to perform at Auckland's Live at the Domain
- National proposes random drug testing for Jobseeker beneficiaries
+2 - National promises trial of passport-free travel between NZ and Australia
September 2026
- Taupō landfill set for $4.7 million upgrade to reduce waste
- Minister accepts responsibility for MSD payment errors
- Government to reduce red tape for hospitality businesses
- Jessica Rowe selected as National candidate for Kaipara ki Mahurangi
- Social development minister declines to apologise for wrongful benefit suspensions
August 2026
- Ministers incorrect about benefit cuts following law change
- Beneficiaries missed payments following second Ministry of Social Development error
- Luxon defends prioritising rates cap over social media ban
- Ministers apologise for error affecting winter energy payments
- Eden Park to host first State of Origin match in 2027
July 2026
December 2025
- Total Mobility subsidies for elderly and disabled people to be reduced
- National MP Louise Upston marries long-time partner in Karāpiro wedding
- Citizens Advice Bureau report reveals crisis in welfare support
- China Eastern Airlines launches new Shanghai to Buenos Aires service
- Twelve non-financial sanctions applied to beneficiaries in six months
- ACT Party chief of staff Andrew Ketels resigns
November 2025
- Officials warned ministers against welfare changes for teenagers
- Government provides $2 million for Dunedin Tunnels Trail extension
- Michelin Guide to include New Zealand restaurants for the first time+3
- Chinese tourists can now travel to New Zealand visa-free via Australia
October 2025
- Carnival Adventure to homeport in Auckland during 2027 winter season
- New reporting and training rules for job seekers take effect
- New benefit sanctions introduced to assist job seekers
- Government launches review of hospitality sector regulations
- Review finds failings in vetting and reporting of Michael Forbes scandal+3
- New policy makes many 18 and 19 year olds ineligible for Jobseeker benefit
- Government introduces stricter Jobseeker rules and employment bonus for youth+2
- Government provides $5 million for Auckland tennis arena roof project
September 2025
- Wellington cafe owners call for residency pathways for hospitality workers
- Minister calls Eden Park concert restrictions absurd and arbitrary
- Government to investigate rules restricting events at Eden Park+1
- Government announces $70 million package to boost events and tourism+2
- Government to introduce more flexible funding for disabled community
- Government announces major changes to disability support system+2
August 2025
July 2025
- Government labels controversial tourism campaign a success
- Government funds $1.6 million bridge near Ross on West Coast
June 2025
- First Jetstar flight from Gold Coast lands in Dunedin
- Opinion suggests New Zealand tourism growth plan is unsustainable
- Chinese travellers to use electronic travel authority for New Zealand transit
- Findings of Michael Forbes investigation to be released in August
- Government announces visa waiver trial for Chinese visitors from Australia
- Wellington Les Mills gym linked to Michael Forbes photo allegations
- Government invests $13.5 million into international tourism marketing
- Police pressured over failure to report investigation into press secretary
- Wellington brothel madam calls for privacy law reform after alleged recording
- Senior press secretary Michael Forbes resigns following police investigation+1
- Government invests $15.2m in Milford Sound and rejects cruise ship ban
May 2025
- New community work and money management sanctions for beneficiaries begin+1
- Government to income-test parents of 18 and 19-year-old benefit claimants+1
February 2025
- New Zealand tourism slogan attracts international media attention
- Opposition and critics criticise new tourism advertising campaign+1
- Government launches tourism campaign to attract Australian holidaymakers+1
- Government introduces new non-financial sanctions for benefit recipients
January 2025
Photo: New Zealand National Party, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons