The New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust is celebrating the return of a historic set of scales souvenired from an English explorer’s base hut more than 60 years ago. The Salter scales... Read more
A Bluetooth upgrade to the Covid-19 Tracer app is being launched today. The upgrade will create an anonymised record created of every person the user has been near. If one of those people te... Read more
The Australian terrorist who killed 51 people during Friday prayers at two mosques in Christchurch in 2019 was radicalized by YouTube, according to a report from The New Zealand Royal Commis... Read more
Nearly 600 properties in Napier have been officially flood damaged, and there are fears more have gone unreported. Trees and slips blocked roads, lamp posts toppled over, debris fell from cl... Read more
One of Australia’s leading online retailers, Kogan.com, has bought one of New Zealand’s biggest, Mighty Ape. Kogan is paying $AU122.4 million (NZ$128m) for the New Zealand compan... Read more
Inland Revenue is cracking down on residential property investors who have sold without paying tax on the profits. The department is matching tax returns with property transactions and is co... Read more
The Vanuatu Supreme Court trial of a former prime minister today heard testimony from the current deputy prime minister. Vanuatu’s prime minister Charlot Salwai. Photo: Koroi Hawkins C... Read more
The government is asking the Reserve Bank (RBNZ) to change from arsonist to firefighter in the housing market. Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr. Photo: Dom Thomas As part of a suite of measu... Read more
The last time I played chess would have to be about 40 years ago. I was challenged to a game by a mate named Leslie Bolton who was quite good. When I could see no way out and offered to resi... Read more
Rotorua tourist operators are worried the industry may be biting the hand that feeds it if the country puts too much focus on attracting wealthy tourists once the border opens. Minister of t... Read more
