Former Speaker Adrian Rurawhe delivers his valedictory speech
Adrian Rurawhe after the Labour Party caucus meeting on 17 October 2023. Photo: Former Speaker Adrian Rurawhe has…
Police back recommendations for overhaul of 111 emergency call system
NZ Police say they are in the process of establishing a cross agency working group to develop options…
Scale of flood-damage starting to sink in for East Coast
Flood damage in Punaruku, Te Araroa on the East Coast. Photo: Supplied Local authorities say the adrenaline has…
Curtains down for Crusher Collins, one of politics’ leading players
Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Analysis: Perhaps now we’ll get a Judith Collins’ memoir that actually ‘Pulls No…
Luxon says Peters is wrong about India Free Trade Agreement
Christopher Luxon and Winston Peters. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The Prime Minister says Winston Peters is “wrong”…
New Zealander Khol Gillies loses leg after fighting in Ukraine
New Zealander Khol Gillies had to wait days to be evacuated from the battlefield in Ukraine. Photo: Supplied…
PGG to end Napier’s historic wool auctions marking end of an era
Buyers bidding at auction at the Napier Wool Exchange in the 1960s. Photo: SUPPLIED/PGG Wrightson Heritage Collection Major…
Outrage over illegal dumping at Auckland cemetery
Illegal dumping at the Ōtāhuhu Cemetery over the weekend. Photo: LDR/SUPPLIED A pile of household rubbish dumped at…
Ikea hikes staff pay to minimum $29 as other retailers told to ‘step up’
IKEA’s first Auckland store opens on December 4 Photo: Marika Khabazi / RNZ New Zealand retailers need to…
US firm trialling Huntington’s disease treatment says it shows promising early results
Huntington’s disease causes progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. Photo: 123RF A treatment for Huntington’s disease…
NZ Post mistakenly included rural Waikato community’s only post shop on closure list
Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller A rural Waikato community will not be losing its only post shop after…
Mayor condemns ‘ecological vandalism’ on Marlborough beaches
By Kira Carrington, Local Democracy reporter A quad-bike rider driving into the prohibited red zone after being confronted…