Dunedin student drinking can’t be solved by arrests, police say after Castle Street party injury
Police say arrests won’t fix Dunedin’s student drinking after a 400-person Castle Street party left one person with critical head injuries.
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Small firms are no safer than big ones, report says, as New Zealand workplace harm costs $5.5 billion
Small businesses are no safer or riskier than big ones, according to a new report from the Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum, and that finding lands squarely on one…
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Liam Lawson goes back to Racing Bulls for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as Isack Hadjar returns to Red Bull
Liam Lawson will race for Racing Bulls again at this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku. Red Bull has confirmed that Isack Hadjar is fit to return from the wrist…
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New Zealand’s Resource Management Act is replaced after 35 years as Parliament passes two new planning laws
New Zealand’s Resource Management Act is on its way out after 35 years. Parliament on Tuesday night passed the third readings of the Planning Bill and the Natural Environment Bill,…
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Red Beach Surf Life Saving Club goes solar to save more than $9000 a year on power
Red Beach Surf Life Saving Club on Auckland’s Hibiscus Coast has switched on a 96-panel solar system that is forecast to cut its power bill by more than $9,000 a…
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Tarakihi daily limit cut to 10 across New Zealand as commercial cuts come in below consulted options
Recreational fishers anywhere in New Zealand will soon be limited to 10 tarakihi a day, after Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones today announced cuts to catch limits for one…
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Complaints about New Zealand power company apps jump 300 percent as Powershop draws a large share of hard cases
Complaints about New Zealand power company apps have jumped 300 percent and Powershop drew 13 percent of the hardest cases, the Utilities Disputes Commissioner says.
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Winston Peters says New Zealand will recognise Palestine, questions nuclear-free cost
Winston Peters says New Zealand will recognise a Palestinian state, and that the only open question is when. The Foreign Affairs Minister made the prediction on RNZ’s Morning Report on…
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Gloriavale trust loses its charity status for serious wrongdoing as Howard Temple is banned for five years
The trust that owns almost everything at Gloriavale, the closed religious community on the West Coast, will be struck off the Charities Register tomorrow after the Charities Registration Board found…
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ANZ now tips the OCR to reach 3.5% as BNZ lifts most New Zealand home loan rates
ANZ, New Zealand’s biggest bank, now expects the Reserve Bank to lift the Official Cash Rate three more times, taking it to 3.5 percent by March next year. The call,…
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Auckland trains carry a record 528,007 passengers in the City Rail Link’s first week
Auckland trains carried a record 528,007 passengers in the City Rail Link’s first week, up 62 per cent and beating a March 2019 record.
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Hayden Wilde wins the T100 French Riviera six days after his world title, with Kyle Smith third
Hayden Wilde has followed his Ironman 70.3 world title with another win on the French Riviera, taking the Ekoï French Riviera T100 Triathlon at Saint-Raphaël and Fréjus just six days…
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TSB overcharged 7,309 New Zealand business accounts for six years and repays $1.73 million after FMA warning
TSB Bank charged thousands of business customers a fee its own terms and conditions did not allow for six years, and has now been publicly warned by the Financial Markets…
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Shane Jones wants a new law for ocean fish farming as officials say New Zealand salmon could grow thirty-fold
Shane Jones wants a law written just for fish farming, and officials told salmon company bosses on Monday that New Zealand’s salmon harvest could grow thirty-fold if the rules were…
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Ardie Savea needs shoulder surgery and will miss the Bledisloe Cup as All Blacks count tour injuries
All Blacks captain Ardie Savea will have surgery on the shoulder he dislocated in South Africa, and New Zealand Rugby cannot yet say when he will play again. New Zealand…
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Moa Point sewage plant flooded five times before it failed, Wellington report finds
Wellington’s Moa Point sewage treatment plant flooded five times in the four months before it failed catastrophically on 4 February, according to an engineering report that was released today after…
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Fonterra lifts its milk price forecast to $9.50 as dairy auction prices recover
Fonterra has lifted its forecast milk price for the 2026/27 season by 25 cents, putting a little more money back on the table for New Zealand dairy farmers just two…
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Labour will keep interest deductibility for New Zealand landlords and rely on its capital gains tax instead
Labour will not touch the tax rules that let residential landlords claim mortgage interest as an expense if it wins the election, leader Chris Hipkins confirmed on Monday, dropping one…
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NRL admits the Warriors were wrongly denied a late penalty in their semi-final loss to the Knights
The NRL has admitted the New Zealand Warriors should have been given a penalty in the final minute of their 12-10 semi-final loss to the Newcastle Knights at Eden Park,…
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New Zealand’s current account deficit widens again as the fuel import bill climbs
New Zealand’s current account deficit has started widening again, and the country’s fuel import bill is the main reason why. Stats NZ published the balance of payments and international investment…
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Black robin wins Bird of the Year 2026 as New Zealand voters turn out in record numbers
The black robin has taken its first Bird of the Year title, in an election with the biggest homegrown turnout the competition has recorded.
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About 3000 New Zealand homes a year switch from for sale to for rent as owners give up on the price
Cotality data shows about 3000 properties a year are pulled from sale and listed for rent within three months, as owners who cannot get the price they want become accidental…
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New Zealand First health policy shifts the focus from medicines to prevention and nutrition
New Zealand First has released a 15-point health policy that argues the country is spending almost all of its health money on people who are already sick, and that the…
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Whanganui Hospital’s emergency department hit 253 percent capacity and nurses say the week was worse
Nurses say Whanganui Hospital’s emergency department averaged 680 percent occupancy over a week in September. Health New Zealand disputes the figure but confirms a 253 percent peak.
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Timaru woman finds half a bucket of moa bones on her daily walks at St Andrews Beach
Pippa Yates spotted bone in a clay bank at St Andrews Beach south of Timaru. The South Canterbury Museum confirmed it was moa, and she has kept finding more.
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Anyone can manage millions in New Zealand body corporate money without a licence
The industry’s own association says parts of New Zealand’s strata management sector are a wild west, where a sole operator can hold millions of dollars of apartment owners’ funds with…
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Greens would let councils auction leases on New Zealand shops empty for more than a year
The Green Party would change commercial lease law so a rent review can lower rents as well as raise them, and give councils the power to auction a lease on…
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Sam Tanner breaks the New Zealand road mile record in Copenhagen
Sam Tanner ran 3min 56.01sec for 12th in the world road mile championships in Copenhagen, cutting the New Zealand road record, while Hannah Gapes finished ninth in the 5km.
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New Zealand King Salmon lifts its earnings forecast a third time as fewer fish die
New Zealand King Salmon has raised its 2026 earnings guidance for the third time this year, to pro-forma EBITDA of $36 million to $39 million, after fish mortality came in…
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Hailey Van Lith signs with the Tokomanawa Queens for New Zealand’s Tauihi basketball season
New Zealand’s women’s basketball league has landed the biggest name in its short history. The Tokomanawa Queens have signed American guard Hailey Van Lith, an Olympic bronze medallist and a…