Wet weather may force use of outfall pipe near Wellington beaches
Beaches on the south coast are still off limits after the sewage spill. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone…
District court judges give evidence at conduct hearing for fellow judge Ema Aitken
District Court Judge Ema Aitken (centre) at the Judicial Conduct Panel on Monday. Photo: Finn Blackwell / RNZ…
Immigration experts question withholding tourism levies after visa rejections
Tourists on a boat in Queenstown in October 2025. Photo: RNZ / Ziming Li Immigration advisors say it…
Timing critical as Kiwi wasp bait tech trialled on Auckland’s hornet invaders
Vespex inventor Richard Toft’s specially formulated bait will soon be used to target the yellow legged hornet. Photo:…
Opposition finds change to school lunch scheme’s name hard to swallow
David Seymour eating a school lunch. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone A free school lunches programme rebrand has…
Blank Māori engagement section in governance manual raises questions
Māori ward councillor Julie Herewini said the mana whenua section of Whanganui District Council’s newly adopted governance manual…
Football: Injured All Whites star Chris Wood gets ‘positive news’
All Whites captain Chris Wood is on the comeback from injury. Photo: PHOTOSPORT All Whites captain Chris Wood’s…
Ukraine’s Vladyslav Heraskevych disqualified over ‘helmet of remembrance’
Ukranian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych at the Olympic Winter Games 2026. Photo: HAHN LIONEL / AFP Ukraine’s skeleton…
Christchurch terrorist suffered ‘complete destruction of his identity’ in prison, his lawyers say
Fifty-one people were killed in two attacks on mosques in Christchurch in 2019. Photo: RNZ / Nathan Mckinnon…
Reserve Bank review set for completion in September, originally due to be done by March
The independent review will look at the Reserve Bank’s response to the pandemic. Photo: RNZ / Alexander Robertson…
Relying on tug boat from Australia risks lives, council leaders say
Interislander ferry Kaitaki was sailing into Wellington Harbour in January 2023 with 854 passengers on board when it…
Weather: Fears of another landslide as North Island-wide rain settles in
The landslide that hit the holiday park wasn’t the only one to happen on Mount Manganui on Thursday.…