Health has become the latest Election 2026 battleground, with Labour accusing Health Minister Simeon Brown of avoiding public scrutiny as pressure mounts over hospital staffing, healthcare costs, ...

A long-awaited transformation of Whangārei Hospital has reached a major milestone, with the first sod turned on a redevelopment that will deliver a new acute services building, a 158-bed ward […] ...

A person has died following a devastating house fire on Matakana Island in the Bay of Plenty, with emergency services responding to the blaze in the early hours of Saturday morning. Fire and Emergency ...

The Tertiary Education Union is launching a fierce attack on ACT’s plan to ultimately abolish the Waitangi Tribunal, warning the proposal would remove an important mechanism for holding governments ...

A Northland man has been charged with manslaughter following a fatal dog attack that killed 62-year-old Mihiata Te Rore earlier this year, putting the issue of dangerous dogs and owner responsibility ...

Serious questions are being raised about the governance of two Auckland schools originally established under New Zealand’s charter school model, after Education Ministry documents revealed growing ...

The Government has finalised more of its sweeping overhaul of the national curriculum, but the country’s largest education union is warning that publishing new curriculum documents is the easy part ...

Labour has unveiled a major artificial intelligence policy ahead of Election 2026, promising a new Office of AI, an online safety regulator, protections for artists and creators, and tougher rules […] ...

The political battle over seabed mining has shifted significantly ahead of Election 2026, with Labour joining Te Pāti Māori, the Greens and Opportunity in supporting a ban on seabed mining […] ...

Families and communities waiting for answers over the eight lives lost in the Tauranga landslides will have to wait longer, with Cabinet agreeing to extend the Government Inquiry until February […] ...

Auckland Council is joining mayors and some of New Zealand’s biggest tourism organisations in calling for a fundamental overhaul of how the country pays for tourism, arguing local ratepayers can no ...