Te Pāti Māori arrived at Waitangi with a new campaign pledge, and a bold ultimatum. Co-leader Rawiri Waititi announced Tuesday a bottom line for any potential coalition partner, saying there must be a ...

At the start of the track, near Blackball. Across a good old DOC swing bridge. An old gold miner's hut which is a few hundred metres off the main track. It wouldn't be a NZ tramp without wekas. As we ...

As I have written elsewhere, the bias and unfairness of postmodernism (which is what “wokeness” is, although I prefer not to use the term in public discourse) in relation to the Palestine/ Israel conf ...

A man who threw hot water on his neighbour before slamming his arm in a door has had his tenancy with Kāinga Ora terminated. ... The neighbour said he suffered burns to the side of his face, and ...

Dunedin’s new hospital will be built on the old Cadbury factory site despite several “construction challenges”, Health Minister Simeon Brown confirmed today. The Government has also released details ...

The Trump administration announced that it is offering buyouts to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by next week — an unprecedented move to shrink the US government at breakneck speed.

The tenants of two Kāinga Ora homes in Porirua have been ousted after failing to pay the rent, as the public housing landlord implements a harder line on breaches of tenancy agreements. Kāinga Ora ...

When Don Brash was Governor of the Reserve Bank, it turned out he would do his own laundry while travelling, to save the Reserve Bank money. He always saw whatever they spent, as ultimately being ...

I analyse who will be the winners and loses from President Trump's 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico and 10% on China.

UFC president Dana White has delivered a stern response to anti-Semitic comments made by one of the promotion’s fighters, but said there would be no punishment. UFC featherweight fighter Bryce Mitchel ...

A left-leaning Christchurch political event has come under fire for using Christchurch City Council and Environment Canterbury (ECan) logos to solicit donations for a local Green Party campaign. The ...

Labour saw a massive blowout in those waiting for public housing from 2017 to 2022, and now it is down to 2020 levels. This is a good thing.