Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed the border will fully reopen from the end of July, including for cruise ships and international students. Jacinda Ardern Photo: RNZ /...
The government’s $500m pledge to tackle gang and youth-related crime must look beyond a three-year election cycle and be firmly evidence-based, academics are warning. A community...
The prime minister has rejected claims Labour is not tough enough on crime, saying the penalties are the same under both major parties, but prevention and...
All remaining coal boilers in New Zealand schools will be replaced with cleaner wood burners or electric heating by 2025, at a cost of $10 million,...
The country’s consumer watchdog says Countdown’s move to freeze some of its prices is positive, but the supermarket’s profits are still sky-high. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly...
There are 8609 new cases of Covid-19 in the community and 20 further deaths today, including a child under 10 years of age. Photo: AFP In a...
A police officer assaulted a man, kneeled on his head with his full weight, and threw him onto the bonnet of a car unlawfully during an...
The government is bringing in $86.5 million in funding and supports to make it easier for people to get their driver licence, as part of this...
A charge accusing the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) of health and safety breaches leading up to the Whakaari tragedy has been dismissed. Twenty-two people died...
New Zealand cannot afford to put back everything that will be damaged by rising sea levels, the Climate Change Commissioner says, as new data shows an...