An unredacted Cabinet paper included in a court filing shows ministers knew their decisions could lead to higher costs for households.

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An early childhood education summit this week discusses concerns profit is being prioritised over quality care, reports Hanna McCallum.

Actor, who has publicly objected to plans to fast-track project near his farm, says he has received personal abuse

Experts say climate pattern could supercharge extreme weather events and push temperatures to record highs

Greg Hornblow admitted to receiving 'commercial sexual services' from a 14-year-old in 2025.

A key weedkiller ingredient could help hospital 'superbugs' to spread, overseas research proposes. Scientists tested the antibiotic and glyphosate resistance of bacteria strains from an Argentinian wetland...

In a crucial 45 minute meeting, ministers decided to go beyond official proposals, making it even harder for 180,000 workers to ask for pay equity.

Why the government backed away from breaking up supermarkets.

Jeremy Buxton’s life changed forever after a car accident left him with a traumatic brain injury. But he says the hardest battle wasn’t recovery. It was fighting the system meant to help him.

When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows

While others are switching to renewables, we're "going down the 1980s path", David Keat says.

The food manufacturing giant is also considering stopping production and sales Gregg's coffee and dips.

Energy experts say an immediate leap in prices after US-Israeli strikes on Iran should prompt a re-think of the government's push to build an LNG import terminal.

Last year, I posted about the challenges I faced, trying to daylight public-interest information about the government’s Roads of National Significance programme. As I wrote then, The paper also sugges...

It is one of the cheapest ways to cut power bills - yet documents reveal the government shelved a subsidy.

Women make up half of the people experiencing homelessness in New Zealand. A study shows access to permanent housing improves their health and lifts their income.

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Elon Musk’s social media platform is boosting conservative content – and it’s having long-lasting effects on how users see the world.

Earlier this week, I detailed how But the Mayor, while important, is only one person, and seemed to care a lot more about Wellesley Street than Queen Street, with AT seemingly bringing up the AVO. So ...

It's expensive, vulnerable to price shocks and terrible for the planet. So why are we importing gas?

It's expensive, vulnerable to price shocks and terrible for the planet. So why are we importing gas?

Data leads scientists to declare 2015 Paris agreement to keep global heating below 1.5C ‘dead in the water’

‘You have ten minutes to cry,” came the officer’s curt command to the couple as he revealed the corpse of their twentysomething daughter, gunned down in the historic streets of Isfahan. After searchin...

Behind the nation's energy crisis are businesses quietly fighting to survive - many feel they have nothing but bad options.

A top judge commissioned work to see how families in custody battles could be screened for domestic violence, but officials shelved it.

The report fails to address how it plans to hit its emissions savings targets.

The Finance Minister has called the opposition's behaviour "unbecoming" after accusations of name-calling and conspiracy-thinking.