Human Rights Review Tribunal hears final arguments in Lava v Wellington Pride Festival dispute
Marg Curnow and Hilary Oxley, on behalf of Lava, have asked the tribunal to issue a declaration that…
Cupra Tavascan first drive: nuts and volts and more
What’s this new car all about then? From a purely nuts-and-volts perspective, the Tavascan is Cupra’s version of…
Government to set up Ministerial Advisory Group to review aged care sector funding
Associate Health Minister Casey Costello. Photo / Mark Mitchell Minister of Health Simeon Brown and Associate Minister of…
Sex offender wins fight against prison manager after pen pal scheme was scrapped
After the incident, the prison’s director found the monitoring processes for the scheme were insufficient, as there was…
Peter Laupama’s aggravated robbery acquittal sent back to the Rotorua District Court for review
Laupama demanded the victim hand over his car keys and told him he was going to receive “a…
Applications flood in for new parent visa amid residence review
The Government expects between 2000-10,000 applications per year, with a model based on 6000 applications annually. The adult…
US Senate committee questions Trump’s Pentagon nominee John Noh over AUKUS review
The AUKUS submarine pact may need “commonsense” action from both Australia and the US to make it more…
Woman with disability twice denied permission to fly with assistance dog by Air New Zealand
A woman with post-traumatic stress disorder who was twice refused permission to fly on Air New Zealand with…
Covid response: Reserve Bank admits ‘more aggressive tightening might have reduced inflation sooner’
After cutting the OCR to a low of 0.25% to help businesses and households survive initial Covid lockdowns,…
Optus parent company Singtel apologises for triple-0 outage linked to multiple deaths
The Singtel Group CEO Yuen Kuan Moon has issued a statement apologising for the Optus outage that has…
Media Insider: Independent report into TVNZ news – public broadcaster releases a summary of impartiality and balance findings
TVNZ commissioned the independent review of its news – checking for balance and bias – following Government pressure…
Man’s workplace outburst led to unexpected dementia diagnosis
“People at work knew it wasn’t me and so did I,” he said. Initially, the Queensland resident, who…