Shane Jones vs Environmental Protection Agency: CEO Allan Freeth on minister’s ‘threatening’ comments in fast-track feud
The furore was sparked by Jones telling BusinessDesk in August he feared the system was becoming a “slow-track”…
Health NZ supports police probe after Bay of Plenty fatal car attack
Judge Coyle ordered the woman undergo assessments to see whether she is fit to plea, as well as…
Priests protest New Zealand Government’s decision not to recognise Palestinian statehood
Three priests are protesting at Erica Stanford’s electorate office in Browns Bay, Auckland, on Monday, September 29, 2025.…
Helen Clark, Sir John Key at China military parade along with Putin, Kim
She said Clark and Key’s attendance risked validating a worldview at odds with New Zealand’s. Former prime ministers…
Labour MP says minister’s error over secondary school teachers’ pay will be ‘harmful’
Prime said these were “really sensitive times” and “misleading” statements damaged the sense of trust the public held…
Covid-19 Royal Commission: Jacinda Ardern, other ministers refuse to appear in public before commission, but will co-operate
Grant Illingworth, KC, chairman of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic response, is leading the…
Northland boosted with jet fuel tank, dry dock, rail link announcements
“A commercial dry dock will bring specialist skills and international customers to NZ, maintaining large ships in a…
Use of urgency to upend pay equity scheme decided after PM’s meeting with senior ministers
Urgency first appeared after Prime Minister Christopher Luxon met with van Velden, Finance Minister Nicola Willis and Public…
Government warned of even longer election counts without reforms, but Māori and young people likely to be hit hard by change
Goldsmith, along with the rest of the coalition, expressed frustration at the length of the count at the…