NZ’s Best Beach 2026: Bret McKenzie, Dai Henwood, Hilary Barry and more share their favourites
Dai Henwood at Piha Beach. Dai Henwood I always say Piha because that’s my sort of spiritual home.…
Lotto Christmas promotion: Tauranga player wins $1 million
The winning ticket was sold on MyLotto to a player from the Waikato. Powerball was not struck on…
NZ’s top economists pick the big issues for New Zealand in 2026
That’s where the economists come in. So brace yourself, here is a compilation of the big economic issues…
Secret teacher confessions: What your child’s educator wishes they could tell you about NZ’s education crisis
If they want to play with a child, they sometimes don’t even know how to say, “Can I…
Viva Wine Awards: NZ’s Top 50 Wineries For 2025
This summer, Viva Premium is revisiting the best and biggest stories of 2025. This article was originally published…
Power list: BCI names NZ’s busiest commercial builders for projects started in 2024
The BCI Construction League Report assigned a dollar value to workloads started in 2024, meaning the top three…
High Court appoints administrators to oversee $240m repairs at St Lukes Gardens, NZ’s biggest leaky building
Weathertightness defects were first detected in 2014. It is now considered New Zealand’s largest leaky building repair project,…
When disaster strikes: What schools do when left to deal with NZ’s traumatic events
Murray Burton still remembers the horror of the first phone call from police on the evening of the…
Are recent mortgage rate increases justified? Banks accused of putting profits ahead of NZ’s economic recovery
The banks’ moves came as swap rates, which influence longer-term mortgage rates, spiked in the fortnight following the…
Airways team staff turnover concerns aviation industry group, Airways says safety never compromised
“Currently there are 22 plus two who have been appointed but not yet started, bringing the total to…
Dynamic Business: One NZ’s AI agents cut calls, energy use and cyber fraud at telco
The journey began with robotic process automation (RPA), the software that handles repetitive tasks that would otherwise require…
Finally NZ’s Paris Climate Agreement charade is as good as over – Heather du Plessis-Allan
There is no way any government of any colour – blue or red – would ever send $23b…