ANALYSIS: When Labour and National speak, all the public seem to hear is a faint white noise of political failure writes Political Editor Jenna Lynch

Willis says National to lower Govt spending below 30% of GDP from 33% now, not just to 30%; Labour capping spending at 33% GDP; Willis & Luxon talk up using budget space for tax cuts, vs lowering debt

Today, Treasury is releasing the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (or PREFU) ahead of the election. So I figured it was worth looking at a significant recent change to the way transport expendi...

Timothy Jago was jailed in 2024 after being found guilty at trial of sexually abusing two teenage boys in the 1990s. He’s been declined parole.

Discussing the Wellington he used to live in during the 1980s vs contemporary Wellington, Christopher Luxon says it's gone from being "the place to be" to having a "whole bunch of bike lanes up Molesw...

The Prime Minister Christopher Luxon refused to speak to reporters as he made his way through Wellington Airport ahead of an urgent caucus meeting on Wednesday.

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The company behind brands including Thin Lizzy and Transforma Ladder also suppressed some negative reviews and misled customers about their consumer rights.

New Zealand is at risk of missing all of its climate targets, and time to get back on track is running out, the Climate Change Commission says.

It’s saving money. But that’s about it.

The government is refusing to budge on including rough sleeping as part of its move-on orders, and denies the legislation would criminalise rough sleeping.

“The Crown cannot easily look a High Court judge in the eye and argue that statutory Treaty obligations are vague, unworkable, or a threat to democratic certainty when the executive branch has formall...

A Transport Accident Investigation Commission report into the April 2024 Rangitata River rail bridge collapse has exposed systemic monitoring and inspection gaps, prompting Infrastructure NZ to call f...