The passenger rail plan includes routes from Auckland to Wellington, Christchurch to Dunedin and extending the current Te Huia train to Tauranga.

Paul Henry is not a gaffe waiting to happen. He is a service ACT is buying — and the donors paying for it have never had it easier.

Meanwhile the UN is sounding the alarm about possible war crimes committed by Israel, as hundreds of bodies have been recovered from the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza. According to the UN, the remains of entire families, many of them children, are being unearthed from sites. This is the head of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Palestine. Ajith Sunghay: “It is estimated that at least 8,000 bodies remain buried under the rubble across the Gaza Strip. Palestinian civil defence teams have recovered over 800 bodies since the announcement of a ceasefire in October 2025, despite severe shortages of equipment, fuel, and personnel. At this pace, completing the recovery of the remaining bodies will take at least 10 more years, even longer when accounting for the time needed to identify bodies, if ever possible.”

The three bills went through first reading on a rare Saturday sitting.

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The three bills went through first reading on a rare Saturday sitting.

Four adults and four children were at the house when men arrived with a gun and a knife.

She is the first wahine Māori to lead 1News' political coverage.

New Zealand is probably one of the only countries in the world where owning a supermarket can put someone on the rich list, a grocery supplier and distributor says.

It’s a truth that’s been universally, repeatedly, and loudly acknowledged that this is a deeply, uninspiring election, writes Verity Johnson.

Following a series of major disasters and inquiries that questioned New Zealand's capacity to deal with them, the new Emergency Management Act 2026 is the most significant improvement in more than two...

Labour leader Chris Hipkins says it would be “recklessly irresponsible” for the government to to sign a binding LNG contract before the election.

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