Government invests $50,000 for Hawke’s Bay grower group’s McCain factory takeover bid
“The Government is committing $50,000 for the first stage of a feasibility study to assess what is required…
Budget 2026: How savings helped pave the way for new spending
The Treasury caveats some funding for individual initiatives has been withheld for commercial and/or negotiation sensitivity reasons. That…
Why NZ’s video game industry hit its $1 billion revenue target two years early – and is now heading for $2b
Last year, its fulltime staff increased 29% to 1418. Keene expects that number to head north again. Preliminary…
Disability advocates hope for transport, housing support in Budget
He is blind in one eye and has impaired vision in the other, with no ability to see…
Budget 2026: Budget night documents dump reveal plans for benefit automation, new charities tax rules, and changes to Working for Families for people who go overseas
Arts charities could face fewer donations Officials are backing the Government’s changes to its tax credit applied to…
Tangaroa Paki jailed for drug-driving, causing death of his best mate, Brayden Tawa, in Tauranga crash
The 2023 crash killed his childhood friend, Tawa, and injured the victim’s brother, Watene Tawa, who was in…
Quarantine period extended for New Zealand hantavirus passenger
The New Zealander arrived at the facility, which is 43km away from Perth, on May 15 and was…
Budget 2026: Consumer NZ warns new finance sector levy could raise costs for customers
Consumer NZ chief executive Jon Duffy said it seemed a sensible move. “It seems sensible to put these…
Budget 2026: Schools and hospitals win, banks get surprise tax, Nicola Willis gets to surplus, and launches super-sized attack on NZ First and Labour for ‘robbing’ Kiwis under 50
The biggest winner of all may be the Government itself, which, against expectations, has managed to present a…
Let’s trade the fees-free tertiary funding for something that works – Michael Johnston
Under Labour’s original version of the policy, students were entitled to up to $12,000 to cover their first…
Tauranga dialysis ‘crisis’ forces mother to travel to Waikato Hospital for months
“We’re barely coping … “ She believed she probably could have kept working if she could be treated…
Super Rugby: Anton Segner on fronting up for the Blues, before it’s too late
Third place is up for grabs between the Blues and Crusaders. With it comes home playoff advantage and…