Foreign Minister and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is returning from the Pacific Islands Forum with two political contests increasingly converging — New Zealand’s battle for influence across ...

A landmark agreement between Ngāti Rangi and the New Zealand Defence Force will deliver 50 new homes at Waiōuru Military Camp while returning land and buildings to iwi ownership — […] ...

Actor, musician and mentor Matariki Whatarau is helping rangatahi turn the stories of their lives into art, as kaupapa Māori creative youth organisation Ngā Rangatahi Toa prepares another generation ...

Tāmaki Makaurau is preparing to host the largest rainbow sporting event ever staged in Aotearoa, with more than 1,300 competitors expected to take part in Rainbow Games 2026. Led by […] ...

Hundreds of young people are swapping classrooms and screens for sports fields, climbing walls, mountain bikes and kī-o-rahi as a month-long programme aims to make outdoor experiences more accessible ...

New Zealanders are being warned to stop dismissing influenza as a minor winter illness as a highly infectious strain of Influenza A continues to sweep across Aotearoa, filling GP clinics, […] ...

Ngāti Kahungunu is taking its campaign to protect Te Tiriti o Waitangi directly to Parliament — on horseback. Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated Chair Bayden Barber will lead riders on a […] ...

Child poverty advocates are demanding answers and an apology after revelations the Ministry of Social Development recorded more than 8,000 applications for emergency food assistance as declined ...

More than 30 organisations are joining forces for a major protest through central Auckland, as opposition grows to Government plans critics say could open public conservation land to greater ...

ACT leader David Seymour is claiming a taxpayer victory after National announced an alternative to a bed-night levy that would instead direct a share of existing government revenue towards councils ...

Nearly 10,000 public servants are taking strike action across Aotearoa today, escalating a major industrial dispute over pay, the cost of living and fears government agencies are struggling to retain ...

Ngāti Rangi has welcomed a significant new commercial agreement with the New Zealand Defence Force at Waiōuru, describing it as another step in transforming a relationship marked by military service, ...