Mayor Wayne Brown renews call for Auckland bed tax
Wayne Brown has long campaigned for a bed tax on visitors to help fund destination marketing and events.…
Teen charged after car crashed into Kumeū house
Photo: RNZ/Calvin Samuel A teenager has been charged after a car crashed into a house in the north-west…
Local Government Minister to propose policy that caps rates
Local Government Minister Simon Watt. Photo: Alex Burton A policy proposing a model for capping local council rates…
Kiwi murderer David Ngatokotoru Martin to be deported from Australia under 501 law
By Tara Shaskey, Open Justice reporter of Kiwi man David Ngatokotoru Martin was jailed for murdering Luke Hankey…
Covid-19 inquiry: Second week of public hearings cancelled
Chris Hipkins and Jacinda Ardern pictured at a a vaccination clinic in Lower Hutt in February 2022. Photo:…
Education minister over-reached on te reo in books, say principals
Erica Stanford was worried five-year-olds would be confused by Māori words in the Ready to Read Phonics Plus…
Woman charged after toddler found in suitcase applies for permanent name suppression
The woman charged with ill-treatment of a child has appeared at the Auckland District Court. Photo: RNZ /…
Magnitude 4.9 earthquake shakes lower North Island
The earthquake was located south of Hastings. Photo: GeoNet The east coast of the North Island has been…
Watch: Erica Stanford and Judith Collins on secondary school teacher strike
Public Service Minister Judith Collins has labelled a strike called by secondary school teachers a “political stunt”. Secondary…
Israel PM has ‘lost the plot’, says Christopher Luxon
NZ PM Christopher Luxon says the attack on Gaza City is ‘utterly, utterly unacceptable’. Photo: RNZ / Mark…
Secondary school teachers to strike
The PPTA says the strike is in response to the government’s collective agreement offer. Photo: RNZ / Rebekah…
Former press secretary Michael Forbes told to inform employer himself after filming allegations
Michael Forbes. Photo: LinkedIn/Michael Forbes Police immediately escalated allegations about the prime minister’s former deputy chief press secretary…