The government has confirmed an independent review into Kāinga Ora, the government’s social housing landlord, to be carried out by former prime minister Sir Bill English....
A person has died in a water-related incident at Narrow Neck Beach on Auckland’s North Shore. Police and ambulance were called to the beach near Devonport...
Summer has started to heat up, with several places reaching the 30s on Sunday, and many others sitting high in the 20s. Kaikōura airport topped the...
Santa is deferring his visit to Wellington by a day due to heavy rain and northerlies forecast for the capital on Saturday. Wellington City Council is...
The prime minister has made Attorney-General Judith Collins a King’s Counsel. Christopher Luxon said it was an appropriate appointment, as Collins is now the Crown’s senior...
Numbers of speed cameras are set to quadruple as NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) takes over their operations from police, the transport agency has said....
The Reserve Bank (RBNZ) got what it wanted and should back down on its threat of future interest rate hikes, a high-profile economist says. The economy shrank...
Finance Minister Nicola Willis and Labour finance spokesperson Grant Robertson are each pointing the finger after the Cook Strait ferry project was cancelled. Willis in Parliament...
Police say it is possible they have uncovered a human trafficking and migrant exploitation ring in Hawke’s Bay, sparked by a “distraught” victim raising the alarm....
Representatives from nearly 200 countries agreed at the COP28 climate summit on Wednesday to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of...
