Children's Minister Karen Chhour faced a sceptical crowd as she tried to justify the Government's funding cuts for social services providers. Photo: Sam Sachdeva From climate activists and ...

He’s hardening his own thinking and that of the Government on everything from gang patches to Māori customary marine rights, and smashing or blundering through official guardrails. Is Paul Goldsmith ...

Public broadcaster RNZ might be struggling to stem its falls in radio listenership, but the audience for its website rnz.co.nz is soaring. In the latest Nielsen online audience figures for August, RNZ ...

The Supreme Court says Marine and Coastal Areas Act claimants should be paid costs in advance by the Crown. Photo: Lynn Grieveson In a rare decision, heavy with judicial and political implications, ...

The main concern I have with Airana Ngarewa, even though he has received good reviews and very good media for his bestselling debut novel The Bone Tree, published last year, and has already won more ...

Holly Robinson with the NZ flag after winning bronze in the women's Shot Put F46 at the Paris Paralympics. Photo: Getty Images LockerRoom in association with A Paris 2024 bronze medal hangs by ...

The Taiwan Strait must remain free for all to traverse, Taipei's NZ representative says of threats to freedom of navigation ...

Pageants in New Zealand were at their peak in the 1980s, when they were a televised extravaganza and Lorraine Downes won our only world title. They’ve since changed franchise owners, had financial ...

Absolutely impossible” consent conditions are causing some East Coast forestry companies to “bleed money” and this could force them to move offshore. Forestry harvesting has already ground to a halt ...

Fame, fortune and a free week in a de luxe Auckland inn await the winners of an especially groovy writers residency award ...

World-ranked tennis doubles star Erin Routliffe felt a calling back to New Zealand which has helped take her towards the top of the world ...

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