Current Affairs

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will be talking at the Palmerston North Function Centre on Sunday morning.

Students at Salisbury School now have a fleet of bicycles they can ride again, after Bike Hub Nelson pitched in to repair nearly 20 bikes that had fallen into disrepair.

An urgent overhaul of health systems to better catch and control communicable diseases, from Covid-19 to measles, is months behind schedule - but authorities are promising to "avoid gaps".

If the government really wants Oranga Tamariki to continue working with Māori groups, it should leave the law as it is, leader says.

Opinion - Incorporating nature within built environments is not just possible, it's essential.

The Auckland woman's mother died on a tarpaulin after going up to 15 days without food.

"All this faffing around, and [at] the centre is a poor woman who just needs her HRT," a doctor says. Audio

It is the second High Court action into the government's policies affecting Māori.

New Zealand Football says it is concerned about the serious allegations made in the A-League betting scandal unfolding in Sydney.

Submissions presented at Gisborne District Council's three-year plan hearings have seen residents clash with the council over pothole repairs and cycle paths.

A major provider of school lunches fears the government's new $3 limit for most students will see them eating more pre-packaged and processed food.

Joanna Hockham says she was twice refused free bras that she was entitled to under a government subsidy.

Psychology graduates who don't make the cut for a clinical role could still work with patients via a new 'assistant' qualification being developed by the government.

The trial of a temporary ferry connecting the Wynyard Quarter to Auckland city will continue for the next two weekends under extended hours.