Record numbers of people are asking the government for help to pay for their food and accommodation, with frontline community workers labelling the situation a ‘crisis’. The numb... Read more
Dunedin students say the flat party culture has grown in response to Otago University acting as the fun police and clamping down on student pubs and bars. But a leading preventive medicine r... Read more
The government’s reinstating of the parent visa category for migrants has been criticised for only catering to the rich. The income criteria changes mean a single person wanting to spo... Read more
The Pope has accepted the resignation of the Bishop of Palmerston North, Charles Drennan, following an investigation into a complaint of unacceptable behaviour of a sexual nature. Photo: 123... Read more
WASHINGTON — President Trump pushed the Australian prime minister during a recent telephone call to help Attorney General William P. Barr gather information for a Justice Department inquiry... Read more
The government is being urged to do more to crack down on pay for top officials and executives in the state sector. Grant Robertson has sent a message of restraint to state-owned companies.... Read more
The Speaker has called time on National’s political attack ads and has ordered they be pulled by end of play tomorrow. Simon Bridges said it was «chilling move». Photo: RNZ / DOM THOMAS Trev... Read more
The government’s given the go-ahead for a new highway to replace the Manawatū Gorge road, much to the relief of residents of Ashhurst. A smaller slip at the Ashhurst end. Photo: Suppli... Read more
The Rugby World Cup opened with children singing while a brief history of rugby union was projected behind them onto the slopes of a replica of Mt Fuji erected in the middle of the pitch. Pe... Read more
The far North iwi Ngāti Kahu has banned a replica of Captain Cook’s ship the Endeavour from docking in Mangonui as part of a national commemoration marking 250 years since Cook’s... Read more
