New Zealand’s Defence Force has firmly rejected claims by Beijing that one of its patrol aircraft engaged in harassment near Chinese airspace, after China lodged what it described as a…
The Broadcasting Standards Authority looks set to be abolished, with Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith declaring this week that scrapping it is “probably the tidiest solution” as all three…
The National Party is facing its most turbulent internal moment since coming to office, with reports emerging that a senior MP was unable to brief the Prime Minister on flagging…
New Zealand is betting the fuel crisis resolves. It probably will. But probably is not a plan. Free or half-price public transport is the cheapest, fastest, and most proven demand…
One of New Zealand rugby’s most recognisable figures is trading the sideline for the campaign trail, announcing his intention to stand for New Zealand First at the November general election.…
The Waitangi Tribunal has begun urgent hearings into the government’s decision to remove a legal requirement that school boards give effect to the Treaty of Waitangi, in what claimants describe…
Home and community support workers are calling on the government to send ministers out on the road for a day, after announcing what they describe as an inadequate response to…
A National MP is pushing for a law change that would ban gang-linked organisations from receiving any taxpayer funding, a move that has sparked debate about whether cutting off such…
New Zealand’s intelligence agencies are almost certainly weighing what to share with the United States, a senior former American intelligence official has suggested, as the Five Eyes alliance faces its…
Two new polls published this week paint an anxious picture for Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and the National-led coalition, with New Zealand’s general election now just seven months away and…
The original Think Big built infrastructure that still powers New Zealand 40 years later. With an energy crisis, a fuel crisis, and a $210 billion infrastructure deficit, here are ten…
The political verdict on Muldoon’s Think Big was devastating. But 40 years later, the Clyde Dam still generates electricity, Methanex still exports methanol, NZ Steel still makes steel, and the…
New Zealand has a $210 billion infrastructure deficit. Core Crown spending grew 67 percent in six years, but billions went to restructuring programmes that were reversed, consultants, and bureaucratic expansion…
New Zealand is set to deploy 50 Defence Force personnel to a United States military exercise centred on AI-assisted drone targeting, raising fresh questions about the extent of the country’s…
A coalition of seven organisations has launched a new advocacy group calling on the government to scrap its planned liquefied natural gas import terminal in Taranaki, arguing that renewable energy…
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown have signed what the government is describing as New Zealand’s first city deal, a landmark agreement intended to reshape the relationship…
New Zealand has welcomed a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, with the government cautioning that significant economic damage will continue even as the immediate crisis eases. The…
Foreign Minister Winston Peters travels to Washington DC to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as the Iran war disrupts global oil supplies and New Zealand faces a deepening…
Finance Minister Nicola Willis says it is very unlikely the government will proceed with a planned 12 cent per litre fuel tax increase in January 2027 as Kiwis already face…