South Island freeze hits -7C as icy blast grips Mackenzie Country
“Now it’s turned quite decisively colder as the winds come more southerly. And they’ve been pretty consistently southerly…
Why the humble Kiwi pie is NZ’s ultimate winter comfort food – Glenn Dwight
Because honestly, what’s not genius about the pie? A pie in winter is doing far more than simply…
Far North leader Dover Samuels calls for rates freeze
Samuels said Olliver’s situation reflected what many were facing in the Far North. He believed councillors should freeze…
Northland rates freeze: Regional council proposes 0% increase for 2026/27
Northland’s last zero-rate increase was in 2014, also at the regional council. Tipene said the rates freeze would…
Health minister reinstates ban on puberty blockers hours after Supreme Court overturned freeze
Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls has issued a new directive to ban public doctors from prescribing puberty blockers…