Report from RNZ by Kate Green Sir Graham Le Gros is on his gap year. It’s a little later than most, but the recently retired ...

No decision yet on the future of Whitireia and WelTec, in a government announcement today about the start of a “stronger, more responsive vocational education system.” In May the ...

One person was in a critical condition and two seriously injured after a crash this morning near Whanganui. Police were notified of the crash on State Highway 3, south of Turakina, just after 6am.

A Dunedin woman is urging people to check they are not booking flights through a third-party agency, after her elderly mother paid $1300 for two one-way seats with bags from Wellington. Penny, ...

In the fourth of a summer series on Wairarapa leaders’ views on the government’s proposed local council reforms, South Wairarapa mayor and former Wellington mayor, Dame Fran Wilde, ...

Lindsay Shelton The mystery of the unhoused half of the national music school remains unresolved for another year. A reminder ...

New law will make it easy for bosses to fire workers at will – Employment Relations Amendment Bill most anti-worker law in a generation As 2026 dawns, working New Zealanders will ...

Auckland’s Super Smash campaign continues at home on Friday with a New Year doubleheader, as the Auckland HEARTS host the Wellington Blaze at 12.40pm before the Auckland ACES take on the ...

Wellington has gained a new Dame and three new Knights in today’s New Year Honours list. Here are the Wellingtonians who have been honoured. The New Zealand Order of Merit To be a Dame ...

The next stage of the State Highway summer maintenance programme will be starting at the Ngauranga Interchange and the Ngauranga Gorge next Monday. Contractors will be completing resurfacing night ...

The Wellington City Council confirmed this morning that New Year celebrations will be going ahead as planned tonight, on the waterfront and in Courtenay Place. An hour later, the Regional ...

Palmerston North has cancelled its New Year’s Eve celebrations because of predicted severe winds. The was to take place in Te Marae o Hine – The Square. The city council says ...