The Prefu’s defective, Opp’s got bottom lines and Luxon’s got “balls”, but Chloe doesn’t know finance?

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

Guilty as charged?

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...

Comment: Cleaning up nitrogen pollution costs 10 times more than buying the fertiliser in the first place, freshwater ecologist Dr Simon Stewart argues.

Hundreds of private water supplies across Canterbury are in areas with elevated nitrate levels, but ECan says those affected should pay for their own water treatment.

A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.

MPs seem to have forgotten who pays their salaries and that they should serve the interests of all New Zealanders.

A science education expert says updated science and social sciences curriculums will not give students the skills they need to grapple with climate change.

Wellington Hospital's emergency department has closed off part of a corridor this week to accommodate extra beds as patient numbers remain high.

Documents show Federated Farmers, DairyNZ, Beef + Lamb NZ, Fonterra and Horticulture NZ using a private meeting with ministers to push specific changes to the Natural Environment Bill.

Labour leader Chris Hipkins warned the Government not to sign any contracts for the LNG terminal before the election, saying it would be reckless to bind the ha...

The ACT party has vowed to get rid of the net zero emissions target, repeal the Zero Carbon Act and cut carbon tax if elected.

The Ministry of Social Development declined Special Needs Grant applications on that basis on more than 8000 occasions.

New Zealand is in the middle of an energy transition

An emergency department (ED) doctor at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital says there were more than 100 people waiting to be seen late on Wednesday night.

The government has kept a controversial clause in the latest draft of its Conservation Amendment Bill, which critics say undermines the purpose of conservation law.

The government has kept a controversial clause in its Conservation Amendment Bill, which critics say undermines the purpose of conservation law.

In a strategic retreat, the United Nations concedes that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst impacts of global warming.

Thousands of youths across the country are set to lose access to unemployment benefits, after a welfare bill passed into law under urgency on Friday night.

OPINION: Two months out from voting, the Labour party is poised to squander the opportunity of a lifetime with its political ineptitude.

Minister says the political and economic benefits of critical minerals operations are worth the risk, and thinks he can convince NZers to agree with him. Fox Meyer reports.

One big dairy corporation, owned by millionaire rich-listers, is taking more water from the Waikato River than the entire city of Auckland

Renowned climate scientist James Hansen says the developing super El Niño has already "blown past" previous events with months to go before it peaks

The Minister for Infrastructure has declined to refer a controversial plan to rip up Canterbury's Pegasus Golf Course for fast-track approval.

Southland data centre ‘system-level risk’ to national grid — Government officials

Healthcare workers say the 'broken' system is 'on the brink of collapse'.

The Ministry of Education drops all mentions of climate change and fossil fuels from new school curriculums, sparking alarm from an academic and educator

National leader Christopher Luxon has unveiled an election policy to bolster growth in the South Island.

Critics warn the deals could drain staff and training from public hospitals.

'People had every right to trust the public water supply was safe. That trust was broken.'