Of the 916 reported cases of adverse events at district health boards and other health providers in the last year, only 58 involved Māori patients. The Health Quality and Safety Commission h... Read more
A proposed new electorate in South Auckland has been tipped by academics to favour National. The new electorate, called Flat Bush, will draw from a mix of existing populations in Manurewa, P... Read more
Hong Kong police have laid siege to a university, firing rubber bullets and tear gas to pin back anti-government protesters armed with petrol bombs and other weapons and stop them from fleei... Read more
Hip hop musician Tom Scott and his collaborative project Avantdale Bowling Club have won the coveted Album of the Year at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards, which took place at Auckland’... Read more
CANBERRA, Australia — Ferocious wildfires were burning at emergency-level intensity across Australia’s most populous state and into Sydney suburbs on Tuesday as authorities warned most... Read more
Democracy could emerge the winner from Winston Peters’ unusual High Court case against the Crown, according to Dr Bryce Edwards, who hopes that the outcome helps prevent the politicisa... Read more
After years of negotiations, New Zealand and China have struck a deal on the long-awaited upgrade to their free trade deal. NZ and China at a bi-lateral at the East Asia Summit. Photo: RNZ /... Read more
Plans to build a cockleshell-shaped building at the heart of Dunedin’s waterfront development plan appear to be on ice, at least for now, but the concept is not dead, the Dunedin City... Read more
A decision on how Christchurch wants to spend $80 million of Crown money towards its regeneration will be made on Thursday. An investment case to Christchurch City Council proposes the alloc... Read more
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jake Bernstein was a senior reporter on the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Panama Papers project which won the Pulitzer Priz... Read more
