The Warriors 2026 regular season in numbers
Newswire built a database of every statistic from all 24 Warriors regular season games in 2026 and turned it into four scroll driven charts. Here is what separated the wins…
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Immigration NZ pauses $336 million visa system rebuild after $134 million savings error
Immigration New Zealand has paused its $336 million visa processing overhaul after finding that the savings it promised Cabinet were overstated by $134 million, RNZ reported on Monday. The overstatement…
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Che Bartle swept tow truck floors in Rotorua at 10 and now runs ACE Heavy Haulage
From sweeping floors at Rotorua Towing at 10 to running ACE Heavy Haulage, the story of a life in heavy recovery.
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Todd Maitland, the Waihī concreter who won Apprentice of the Year after Rex Podmore gave him a chance
Waihī concreter Todd Maitland won New Zealand’s top concreting apprentice award at 21, four years after an employer gave him a go.
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Scales buys out its Dutch partner in loss-making Esro Petfood for a nominal sum
Scales Corporation now owns all of Esro Petfood after buying its Dutch partner’s half for a nominal sum, and its own accounts show why the stake was worth so little.
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Liam Lawson finishes sixth in Madrid and sets a New Zealand F1 points record
Liam Lawson finished sixth for Red Bull at the Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid, taking his 2026 tally to 59 points, the most by a New Zealander in one F1…
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Leopard seal that drew crowds to Petone Beach has died
The leopard seal that drew crowds to Petone Beach in early September has died, according to Hutt City councillor Brady Dyer. Dyer said the Department of Conservation had been told…
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Bank economists now tip June quarter GDP growth despite the fuel shock
New Zealand’s big bank economists have spent the past week lifting their forecasts for the June quarter, and all five now expect Thursday’s GDP figures from Stats NZ to show…
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NPC rugby teams wear seatbelt jerseys to get young men to buckle up
Four provincial rugby teams have run out in jerseys with a strip across the front that looks like a seatbelt, in a road safety push aimed at the men least…
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Farm profits hit decade high in Federated Farmers survey but arable growers slip
New Zealand farms are making more money than at any point in the past decade, but a new survey shows farmers are far from sure the good run will last,…
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Labour would make employers pay 6 percent KiwiSaver even when workers stop saving
Labour would force employers to keep paying into their staff’s KiwiSaver accounts even when workers cut back or stop their own contributions, and would lift the minimum employer rate to…
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Hayden Wilde wins the Ironman 70.3 world title in Nice two years after Taupō heartbreak
Hayden Wilde wins the Ironman 70.3 world championship in Nice by 18 seconds from Kristian Blummenfelt, two years after losing late to Jelle Geens in Taupō.
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The Pink and White Terraces and the night Tarawera erupted
The Pink and White Terraces drew the world to Rotomahana until Tarawera erupted on 10 June 1886. What visitors saw, how the night went, and where they are now.
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What lies beneath the City Rail Link
Auckland’s City Rail Link opened today. Scroll the line side-on, from platforms below sea level at Waitematā to daylight at Maungawhau, with every station’s depth and the geology beneath the…
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When New Zealand turns old
An animated population pyramid of New Zealand from 1950 to 2078. Over-65s outnumber children from 2027, the median age passes 40 in 2031 and deaths overtake births in the 2050s.
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Pokie trusts used up to $28 million meant for community grants, Internal Affairs finds
Pokie trusts used up to $28 million that should have gone to community groups to cover their own costs instead, including buying new gaming machines, the Department of Internal Affairs…
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Northland beat Waikato to keep the Ranfurly Shield in Whangārei
Northland beat Waikato 34-17 for a second Ranfurly Shield defence, their first ever Shield win over Waikato. Counties Manukau are the last challenge.
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Fitch puts ANZ, ASB, BNZ and Westpac on positive outlook over new Reserve Bank capital rules
Fitch has moved New Zealand’s four biggest banks to a positive outlook, citing Reserve Bank capital rules that will tie them more closely to their Australian parents from late 2028.
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Wellington Harbour Quays bus lanes move closer as regional council backs $11m plan
Buses could be running in dedicated peak hour lanes along Wellington’s waterfront by late 2027 after Greater Wellington Regional Council’s Public Transport Committee endorsed the business case for an $11…
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National promises 50 police officers for Auckland trains, buses and ferries
The National Party says it would put a dedicated team of 50 police officers on Auckland’s trains, buses and ferries if it wins the 7 November election. It announced the…
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Springboks beat the All Blacks 43-28 in Baltimore to win the series 3-1
South Africa scored six tries to four in Baltimore to take Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series 3-1 in front of a record US rugby crowd.
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Auckland City Rail Link opens as small fire briefly halts trains at Waitematā station
Auckland’s City Rail Link carried its first passengers on Sunday morning, but the celebrations had barely started when a small fire at Waitematā station stopped trains running through the new…
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Manufacturing grows for 14th straight month as Otago and Canterbury lead
New Zealand’s factories kept growing in August for the 14th month in a row, and the strongest growth was in the south. The BNZ – BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index…
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Warriors lose home qualifying final to the Dolphins and must now beat the Knights
The Dolphins scored three late tries to beat the Warriors in their NRL qualifying final, sending Andrew Webster’s side into a sudden-death semi-final against the Knights.
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Waitangi Treaty Grounds get $8 million to stay open ahead of 2040 bicentenary
The Government is putting $8 million into the Waitangi Treaty Grounds to help keep the Northland site open and look after its buildings. It is the latest in a run…
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Pseudoephedrine could go back on open pharmacy shelves under a Reckitt application to Medsafe
A drug company wants small packs of pseudoephedrine, the cold and flu decongestant that was effectively off the New Zealand market for more than a decade because of its use…
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Daniel Williams to chair the new Auckland Regional Transport Committee on a one-year term
Surveyor Daniel Williams will chair Auckland’s new Regional Transport Committee, which writes the city’s 30-year transport plan. Here is who sits on it and how it votes.
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About 1300 people tour the new Dunedin Hospital outpatient building before patients arrive
About 1300 people gave up part of their Saturday to walk through the new Dunedin Hospital outpatient building at a free community open day on 12 September, the public’s first…
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Marmite traps find what may be a new fish species deep in Lake Manapouri and Lake Te Anau
A University of Otago researcher has caught fish hundreds of metres down in two Fiordland lakes, far deeper than fish had been recorded in any New Zealand lake.
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Meadow Fresh finishes $100 million Christchurch expansion to make more UHT milk for Asia
Goodman Fielder has finished a three-year expansion of its Meadow Fresh milk plant in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, spending more than $100 million to make more long-life UHT and high-protein dairy…