The Minister for Māori Development has defended the drop in funding for Māori-specific initiatives in this year’s Budget, saying these are “very, very tough times”. Willie...
Budget 2023 has just been unveiled, with $4.8 billion of operating expenditure plus billions for big infrastructure initiatives. From the Government’s plan to expand the early...
This year’s “no-frills” Budget is spending nearly $11.5 billion more of taxpayers’ money over four years, plus $1.9b from the climate response fund, with a focus...
Auckland’s Citizens Advice Bureaus (CAB) have escaped the chopping block after Mayor Wayne Brown softened his stance on social services. The mayor’s controversial budget proposal received a...
A man has driven a car directly towards a packed North Shore Hospital emergency department (ED), crashing into bollards right outside the door. RNZ understands he...
Fire and Emergency’s chief executive has spoken to media about concerns over the organisation’s equipment in the wake of the Loafers Lodge fire in Wellington on...
Anti-poverty campaigners are hopeful of tangible support for New Zealand’s vulnerable in the so-called “no frills” Budget. With the major announcement on cyclone recovery out of the...
Prince Harry, Meghan and her mother were involved in a “near catastrophic car chase” involving paparazzi, a spokesperson for the couple has claimed. The incident happened...
A Chinese comedy troupe has been slapped with a 14.7m yuan ($2.1m; £1.7m) penalty over a joke about the military that invoked a slogan from President...
A 15-year-old girl was taken to hospital on Tuesday night after the driver of a hatchback fired multiple shots at her family’s minivan on Auckland’s Saint...
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