New Zealand was once a world leader on pay equity. Dame Marilyn Waring explains how the government wound back decades of progress – and why the fight to properly value women’s work is far from over. ...

A Dutch environmental group claims New Zealand has broken its climate change promises in the free trade agreement with the EU and is lodging the first complaint of its kind through the European Commis...

More than 100,000 have enrolled to vote from abroad in the November poll, and many are unhappy with how things look back home

More than 100,000 have enrolled to vote from abroad in the November poll, and many are unhappy with how things look back home

A new advocacy group has launched with the aim of giving parents a more organised voice in New Zealand's ongoing debates around education. The Parents' Alliance says it wants to be evidence-based and ...

The chief ombudsman John Allen has requested an urgent meeting with the head of the Education Ministry.

The person who leaked a video of an Education Ministry official apparently attempting to subvert the Official Information Act (OIA) claims it was not an isolated incident.

The Green Party is promising to help small businesses get a fair deal on commercial rents if elected in November.

New Zealand First has released its plan to "Make NZ Healthy", promising to put prevention at the centre of healthcare if re-elected.

Associate Health Minister David Seymour’s call for language around sick days to be softened to boost attendance was done without assessing the health impacts.

“People like David Seymour like to frame what we’re doing as selecting medical students based on race. No, that’s actually the issue we’re trying to correct — historically our admissions processes hav...

New Zealand First says it will be campaigning for conservation land to be opened up for economic development.

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.

Health workers are keeping South Island services running through overtime and deferred leave amid staff shortages, a leaked report finds.

Starship Children's Hospital is deferring less urgent cases to cope with a "flood" of very young children in hospital with flu symptoms.

The Minister for Pacific Peoples has denied that a recent law change ruling out late enrolment will disenfranchise Pasifika voters.

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

Rotorua's coldest temperature on record has social agencies worried for vulnerable people.

People with disabilities have been left feeling financially squeezed after a transport subsidy they rely on has been cut.

Gentailer Contact Energy's full-year net profit has climbed to $423 million, up 62 percent on its underlying earnings last year.

Book Haven in Wellington's Newtown started to receive more orders than it could possibly handle.

Contact Energy has reported a record net profit of $423 million, driven by the acquisition of Manawa Energy and higher renewable generation, as it looks to future electricity demand with a proposed da...