Police immediately escalated allegations about the Prime Minister’s former deputy chief press secretary Michael Forbes to the police executive – including the police commissioner and the deputy ...

Police were under a 2023 Cabinet directive to improve asset management, when they cut the corporate jobs. The Treasury report said police were five-to-seven years away from fixing the systems as ...

Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) says the Government has signalled emergency system reforms will place new costs on councils – which will lead to higher rates bills.

The number of people making losses when they sell their homes is at the highest level since 2014, property data firm Cotality says, and Auckland sellers are being hit particularly hard. In three ...

The new Act amends the RMA to open up a consenting pathway for specified energy activities, which is intended to reduce costs for operators and unlock much-needed investment in renewable energy ...

A push by Ruapehu Mayor Weston Kirton to scrap a water services deal he says will add nearly $1000 a year to household bills has been voted down. Councillors at a meeting in Taumarunui on Wednesday ...

ACT New Zealand. When the wind doesnt blow and the sun doesnt shine, New Zealanders still expect to heat their homes, run factories, and keep the lights on. ACT ...

The Government’s second RMA Amendment Bill has passed into law, bringing in sweeping changes to many of the handbrakes on New Zealanders’ lives, helping to drive economic growth, and laying the ...

The 2022/23 pay equity settlement for NGO social workers was a landmark achievement. With an average 27% pay increase, it changed lives, enabling workers to support their families, save for retirement ...

Wild conifer trees are running rife in Southland with fears some areas could be overtaken in the next 30 years. The region is now at a “tipping point” as trees spread aggressively through high country ...

A low-cost floating reflector to enable space-based synthetic aperture radar to detect people lost at sea is being developed ...

“Wrong business, wrong place.” That was the catchcry of a roadside protest opposing an industrial park in a rural Western Bay of Plenty community yesterday morning. About 30 people gathered on the ...