Major Lower Hutt road closed for hours as fuel truck hits building
Rutherford Street, between Melling Link and Connolly Street, is closed. Photo: X / NZ Transport Agency A fuel…
What’s going on with Auckland house prices?
Photo: RNZ Auckland and Wellington remain the parts of the country with prices furthest from their peak –…
New primary English, maths curriculum results exceeding expectations, ministry says
Associate Education Minister David Seymour. Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii The Education Ministry says the English and maths…
Gen Z workers least happy, 40 percent dread going to work
Happiness in the workplace has held steady over the past year. Photo: Unsplash Two-thirds surveyed happy at work…
Putin sends Trump’s messengers packing, with eyes on a geopolitical win
Analysis by Nick Paton Walsh, CNN US President Donald Trump (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands…
Paediatrician worries new measles wave spreading undetected
Health New Zealand has confirmed five new cases of measles. Photo: 123rf A paediatrician is worried that a…
Police yet to recover pendant allegedly swallowed at Auckland jewellery store
Police say the pendant has not yet been recovered. Photo: SCREENSHOT Police have not yet recovered a Fabergé…
Teacher drunk after Christmas pub lunch censured over ‘white powder’ incident at school
First published on The NZ Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal has found her conduct on school grounds amounted to serious…
NZ jockey crowned World’s Best Jockey for third time
NZ Jockey James McDonald. Photo: DAN HIMBRECHTS New Zealand jockey James McDonald has won the Longines World’s Best…
Christchurch mosque terrorist likely to give evidence at Court of Appeal hearing
Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon The white supremacist terrorist who murdered 51 people in the Christchurch terror attack…
Gold clam invasion in NZ threatens drinking water for millions of people
By Adam Hartland* of Freshwater gold clams (file image). Photo: NIWA As a geochemist studying New Zealand’s freshwater…
US, Russia find ‘no compromise’ on territory after Ukraine talks
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting…