Politics

"From our family to yours, we hope you have a very Happy Christmas," Christopher Luxon posted to social media.

In Christmas messages, three archbishops for Aotearoa and Polynesia say people find hope in standing up for justice and what is right, while leaders in other denominations have also shared thoughts.

Youth advocates are worried tighter rules for emergency housing could lead to someone dying due to the impacts on mental health and physical safety for those denied shelter.

MBIE favoured a 2 percent increase, however, the government opted for 1.5 percent rise.

Sessions to help Taranaki whānau have their say on the Treaty bill moving through Parliament are being fine-tuned to help address future legislation affecting Māori rights and interests.

TikTok's breakneck rise from a niche video-sharing app to a global social media behemoth has drawn intense scrutiny.

The President-elect has accused Panama of charging excessive rates for use of the canal, and said said that he could demand the US ally hand it over.

'The government promised to build it,' a Dunedin nurse says of plans for a new Dunedin Hospital building.

The placards seen at the Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti conveyed "huge kōrero with immediacy", expert says: "People know the power of the word."

It follows a high-level US delegation meeting with the former jihadist.

Mediawatch: Christmas coincides with media tackling the gargantuan task of ranking everything humanity produced this year. Audio

The government has quietly cancelled plans to improve recycling and roll out a kerbside food scraps composting scheme.

Funding cuts have put a personal safety and self-defence education programme at risk of closure. Video

The roads partnership unravelled under a confidential settlement this week, meaning NZTA will now finish off what it had said was incomplete work.

A family violence service provider is expecting a 30 percent surge in women seeking refuge over the holiday season.

One worker says the building is decrepit and falling down around them.

A West Coast IT worker is warning patients will die as Health New Zealand aims to slash its data and digital staff.