Government scraps plans for referendum on four-year term
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith. Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii The government has scrapped plans to put a four-year…
Unclear how takeover of Moa Point wastewater plant by new water entity will work
Moa Point Wastewater Plant. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The head of Wellington’s new water entity says it’s…
Is Mount Victoria tunnel ‘all go’, or still under consideration?
Artist’s visualisation of a second Mt Victoria Tunnel in Wellington. Photo: NZTA / Waka Kotahi The Transport Minister…
Fatal dog mauling: Animal control staff visited property day before attack
Police at the scene of the fatal attack. Photo: RNZ The property where Mihiata Te Rore was mauled…
Police search farm effluent ponds and waterways of missing Southland man Kevin Belling
Invercargill man Kevin Belling, 62, was last seen at his Motu Rimu farm on Friday 9 January. Photo:…
The wine industry headache | RNZ News
It’s estimated that roughly a fifth of the potential crop may be left on vines this year due…
Banks Peninsula sees nearly six times monthly rainfall in 48hrs, MetService says
Flooding around Akaroa, Banks Peninsula on Tuesday. Photo: RNZ / Nathan McKinnon *Since RNZ published this story MetService…
Major outage on YouTube website
Photo: 123RF Video sharing site YouTube has suffered a widespread outage, with hundreds of thousands of users reporting…
Infrastructure Commission clarifies suggestion of Auckland Harbour Bridge toll
Photo: Tom Kitchin The Infrastructure Commission has moved to clarify its suggestion around tolling the Auckland Harbour Bridge,…
Minister defends bottom trawling, despite poll showing majority of NZers want it banned
Greenpeace Aotearoa activists confront the Talley’s bottom trawler Amatal Atlantis on the Chatham Rise, painting “ocean killer” on…
Some GLP-1 users say apathy is a side effect
If you watched the Super Bowl, you might have noticed that a lot of the ads were for…
Willis calls $9 Auckland crossing toll a ‘completely hypothetical scenario’
Finance Minister Nicola Willis Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii National’s Nicola Willis says the government has not given…