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· December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Two former police houses were unexpectedly taken from a Shannon property after a miscommunication involving government departments. Ngāti Whakatere, the local iwi, had offered to fix...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand It was a “bittersweet” moment when Melissa Stokes learned she was to be the new lead presenter of TVNZ’s 1News at Six. “Because my mum died...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: PSA The Government’s plan to cap council rates is a recipe for asset sell-offs, job losses and higher user charges that will hit households and communities harder than rates ever did. “Rates...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: Peace Action Wellington New Zealand is assisting the global surge of weapons sales. Data about global weapons sales released today shows Lockheed Martin once again topping the list of...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Football Fern Annalie Longo will end her international career against the Matildas in Adelaide. www.photosport.nz Football Ferns legend Annalie Longo knew the end of a career...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The government’s long-awaited rates cap will be a variable target band, and would be enforced by a new regulator. Likely starting with minimum increases of two...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), OSPRI, and the country’s dairy and beef sectors are today marking that New Zealand is on the home...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government The Government has agreed to progress a rates cap to help councils keep rates increases under control and reduce pressure on household budgets, Local Government Minister...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: New Zealand Police Central District Police are on a mission – to make sure the festive season is merrier by taking impaired drivers off the roads. As the Christmas...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: PHARMAC Pharmac is proposing changes to expand access to funded emergency medicines for community-based health services, aiming to reduce inequities and support faster, safer emergency responses across rural and...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland-based Kick Back has released its first State of the Street report which it says is an SOS to the government and community at large (file...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Patrick Keusch appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Monday POOL / Iain McGregor / The Press A Swiss national wiped away tears as he pleaded...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: ExerciseNZ The Exercise New Zealand Industry Awards 2025 were held on Saturday 29 November in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, hosted at the luxurious Hilton on the vibrant waterfront. For over...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand Blackcaps coach Rob Walter Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz Black Caps coach Rob Walter doesn’t expect his side to have any problems slipping back into Test match...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: Save the Children A new NZD$12 million multi-year project aimed at increasing household incomes, reducing child labour, and ensuring communities across Cambodia are better off through innovative horticultural practices was...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: Save the Children Israeli military operations have forced entire communities in areas of the northern West Bank into lockdown in their homes, keeping children out of school, jeopardising family incomes...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government Open banking goes live today, opening the door to faster loan approvals, easier bill management, and personalised budgeting insights, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Scott Simpson...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Newly-released documents suggest police pressured the main Crown eye-witness to testify at the 1992 murder retrial of Ross Appelgren, something not disclosed to the jury. The...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand When rising teenage ballet star Tamison Soppet found out she had been selected as candidate for Switzerland’s prestigious Prix de Lausanne she jumped for joy. Waiting...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Penny Towns celebrating a medal at the Special Olympics World Summer Games Athens 2011 SUPPLIED / SPECIAL OLYMPICS High levels of anticipation and excitement have been...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The House was in the midst of its fourth evening of urgency on Friday. VNP / Daniela Maoate-Cox A late night voting error during a fourth...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Lower interest rates and an increase in property listings is driving confidence. File photo. 123rf Confidence in the New Zealand housing market has risen to its...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand People in New Zealand with family in Sri Lanka are describing the widespread devastation caused by severe flooding from Cyclone Ditwah. The extreme weather system has...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins shook people’s hands as he walked out of the theatre hand in hand with his fiancé Toni Grace. RNZ / Anneke Smith...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: ASB On net, nearly one-third of respondents say now is a good time to buy property, the strongest result since 2010 Majority anticipate further drops in mortgage rates, but...
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· November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Paula Beilby (fourth from left) with her whānau outside the High Court at Hamilton. Belinda Feek/NZME/Supplied A woman whose brother was killed by a group of...
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· November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Raglan woman Te Hina Rehua-Whare, 27, was in the wrong, but refused to back off the one-lane Wainui Rd bridge. Google Maps/Supplied A Raglan woman orchestrated...