Offshore funds are buying land under cell towers. This deal broke foreign buyer rules.

The cost of fixing storm damage inflicted on Whangārei district roads earlier this year has risen to more than $23 million - of which almost $11m has been spent clearing one giant landslide.

OPINION: The review considers fees and wider grounds to refuse requests.

Critics say scrapping of plans, which aimed to increase judge-alone trials to deliver swifter justice, leaves court system and victims vulnerable Ministers have scrapped plans that would have slashed the number of jury trials in England and Wales and replaced them with a judge sitting alone. The proposals had sparked a fierce backlash from lawyers, who have welcomed the U-turn. But the victims’ commissioner expressed concern about the abandonment of measures drawn up by the then justice secretary, David Lammy, under Keir Starmer’s government, to tackle the record backlog in the courts. Continue reading...

The Green Party says it will connect the country with intercity passenger rail services, if elected.

The Green Party says it will connect the country with intercity passenger rail services, if elected.

A long-serving city councillor fighting to save his name and job has been discharged without conviction after appealing his family violence matter.

In the lead-up to November's election, Midday Report is speaking with the technology spokesperson for a range of parties about their biggest hopes and fears for artificial intelligence (AI) and the ro...

Labour released its democracy and trust in government policy today , and it looks like a good start. They're promising: A lobbying registe...

Labour is campaigning on a new law to stop businesses "tricking" people into unnecessary costs.

The government has reversed a rule change following warnings from electrical inspectors that homes and businesses would be exposed to a new lethal risk.

In 2022, the government of Aotearoa made a historic free trade agreement with the European Union . In addition to the usual clauses about ta...

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...

New Zealand Army intelligence officer Arthur Finegan denied a "nasty" assault - until he was confronted with CCTV footage showing an attack that left a taxi driver unconscious.

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