Afterpay backtracks on ban on ‘no payment upfront’ for groceries and fuel
The buy now, pay later lender stopped allowing no upfront payments on essentials in order to ‘promote responsible…
The big shake-up: Why earthquake reforms are critical for Wellington’s future
The government’s new earthquake-prone building rules aren’t without risks, but they might finally give Wellington the confidence to…
Police callouts, oddball policy, and occasional political debate in Hamilton
It was a strange and eventful night, but in the end all the candidates at National’s 2025 Hamilton…
A stinging rebuke of the government from the deputy prime minister
A politician whose government is changing the rules in a way that benefits its election prospects has condemned…
The trickiest problem for Wellington’s next mayor
Once water reform is out of the way, all eyes will turn to the complex, expensive quagmire of…
The cost of being: A 31-year-old who just got their first credit card
As part of our series exploring how New Zealanders live and our relationship with money, a content and events…
When was the most shit of all the shit times to be a uni student in New Zealand?
Was studying in Dunedin in the 1990s worse than dialling into a lecture during the Auckland lockdowns? Would…
The best, worst and weirdest local elections hoardings of 2025, reviewed
As local elections fever grips the nation, council candidates are jostling for your vote the best way they…
The two-horse race to keep Christchurch booming
A progressive councillor is challenging Ōtautahi’s relentlessly cheerful incumbent for the mayoral chains. Will residents choose a known…
Environment Canterbury has declared a nitrate emergency. Now what?
At their last meeting before the local elections, Environment Canterbury councillors made the symbolic declaration of a nitrate…
Sanctions speak louder than words
‘It is not enough for Luxon to say that “Netanyahu has lost the plot”, for the reverse seems…
Leaving Spotify wasn’t enough, so Tiki Taane wrote a protest song about it
Tiki Taane lets us know what he really thinks about the world’s biggest streaming platform. Last night, just…