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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Politics articles  Politics
    The US government shutdown is one step closer to ending. Here is what happens next
     11 November 2025
    A US Senate vote to approve funding legislation looks set to break a political stalemate that has sidelined federal workers, delayed food aid and significantly disrupted domestic air travel.
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    Details of the soon-to-be replaced Arms Act, heading to select committee
    11 Nov: Details of the soon-to-be replaced Arms Act, heading to select committee... more
    Details are expected a little later today of the highly anticipated rewrite of the Arms Act
    11 Nov: Details are expected a little later today of the highly anticipated rewrite of the Arms Act... more
    Concerns housing developers are paying little attention to design and/or comfort
    11 Nov: Concerns housing developers are paying little attention to design and/or comfort... more
    Americans face food cuts and flight delays in record US government shutdown
    10 Nov: Unpaid federal workers are turning to food banks and draining their savings as the longest US government shutdown in history drags on.... more
    New report calls on Queensland government to convert Brisbane 2032 athletes' village into social housing
    10 Nov: Homelessness advocates fear housing affordability and availability will fall short of the finish line come the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.... more
    Christchurch rate-payers could be in for a nine-percent rates rise next year
    10 Nov: Christchurch rate-payers could be in for a nine-percent rates rise next year... more
    Extraordinary and occasionally inept: before The Dismissal, the Whitlam government changed Australia forever
    10 Nov: With a bold reform agenda and occasional administrative chaos, Whitlam’s three-year government had, and continues to have, a profound effect on Australian life.... more
    Former Children's Commissioner and five-term National MP Roger McClay has died aged 80
    10 Nov: Former Children's Commissioner and five-term National MP Roger McClay has died aged 80... more
    Kiwis finances are giving them a headache - much more than during the pandemic
    9 Nov: Kiwis finances are giving them a headache - much more than during the pandemic... more

     Most Popular Recent Politics News
     14 Nov: The Department of Internal Affairs is calling interference with the Police Minister's emails - inappropriate +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     20 Nov: Relief on Wall Street, as computer chip giant Nvidia records another record-high three months +++++++++++++++++++++++
     21 Nov: Staff in Police Minister Mark Mitchell's electorate office responded to an email accusing Jevon McSkimming of sexual abuse ++++++++++++++++++++++
     18 Nov: Bangladesh's ousted PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for student crackdown +++++++++++++++++++
     12 Nov: There have been no official talks yet about compensation for the complainant against Jevon McSkimming +++++++++++++++++
     16 Nov: How free school meals gave thousands of children food poisoning in Indonesia +++++++++++++++
     13 Nov: Associate Education Minister David Seymour's blaming strike action for poor school attendance +++++++++++++

     Politics NewsLinks
      6 Dec: Dame jacinda ardern discusses pregnancy, politics on 'the graham norton show' (RadioNZ)
      6 Dec: Graham norton asks jacinda ardern 'what went wrong?' with her popularity in new zealand (Stuff.co.nz)
      4 Dec: This year’s hottest wikipedia pages — from charlie kirk to severance (PC World)
      2 Dec: How leadership challenges happen in new zealand politics (RadioNZ)
      1 Dec: Puberty blocker regulation 'based on politics', legal injunction filed (RadioNZ)
      25 Nov: How x's new location feature exposed big us politics accounts (BBCWorld)
      24 Nov: Women in politics get much more abuse than men, pm says (BBCWorld)
      21 Nov: Former labour minister michael wood to re-enter politics (RadioNZ)
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     Today's News

    International:
    2025 US National Security Strategy warns Europe faces 'civilisational erasure', does not mention AUKUS 23:17

    Soccer:
    All Whites defender Michael Boxall feels a step closer to the Football World Cup after today's glitzy draw ceremony in Washington DC 21:57

    Environment:
    Multiple homes have been destroyed near major urban centres as fires rip through bushland in tinderbox, heatwave-fuelled conditions 21:17

    Entertainment:
    Critics choice nominations 2026: Sinners scores 17 nods, One Battle After Another earns 14 20:17

    Golf:
    Golfer Daniel Hillier is four shots of the lead after the third round at the Australian Open in Melbourne 19:07

    Living & Travel:
    Crate Day punters are being urged to keep their cars away from beaches and river beds, where rare native birds may be nesting 18:57

    Soccer:
    Malaysian football in chaos after FIFA suspends national players from Argentina, Spain and Brazil 18:57

    Living & Travel:
    The search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is about to resume, 11 years after the plane disappeared in 2014 on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing 18:37

    Basketball:
    A deep breath for centre Rob Loe as the Breakers hunt a third win in a row in tonight's NBL basketball game against Tasmania 18:27

    International:
    The gold toilet, the bags of cash and the corruption still stalking Ukraine 17:07

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