Te Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngārimu was 24 when his platoon of Ngāti Porou soldiers took the rocky under-feature of Point 209 in Tunisia and held it through one night of German Panzergrenadier…
Reserve Bank June quarter figures show BNZ wrote 27.7 per cent of all new home lending on a 16.9 per cent book, while ASB wrote just 12.2 per cent on…
Two cars spent Friday trapped between slips on State Highway 6 between Makarora and Lake Hawea, and the road stays shut for the weekend.
The leaders of New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau met as a group for the first time in Auckland, days before the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau.
The All Blacks lead the four test series after beating South Africa 33-16 at Ellis Park and can guarantee at least a share of the trophy with a win in…
Air New Zealand reported a $336 million pre-tax loss for the year to June, and the Prime Minister who used to run the airline called the result very poor.
The Emergency Management Bill passed its third and final reading on Friday, replacing the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 after two failed and restarted attempts.
The New Zealand men’s pair led from the first stroke on the Bosbaan and won by close to two seconds, a second world title in a row.
A gelato shop that opened its doors in Takapuna in January has been named one of the two best frozen dessert makers in the country, eight months into trading. Joylato,…
MSD has confirmed benefit payments were wrongly suspended after last year’s mandatory reviews law, days after Christopher Luxon and Louise Upston told Parliament it had not happened.
Ryan Fox bogeyed the first two holes at East Lake, then holed a wedge for eagle at the third and signed for a four under 66 in his first Tour…
WordPress 7.1 has moved image compression, resizing and thumbnail generation off the server and into the browser. For the New Zealand small businesses whose photo uploads keep failing, it is…
One NZ and 2degrees have asked regulators for permission to pool the radio gear that runs their mobile networks into a single jointly owned company, a change that would leave…
A national survey of 1,635 adults published in the New Zealand Medical Journal found support of 91 to 94 per cent for eight cancer funding proposals, with 62 per cent…
The Warriors sit on top of the NRL ladder with two rounds of the regular season left, which means the club is finally close to a problem it has spent…
A 12 cent a litre fuel excise rise is due on 1 January and neither big party wants it. Cabinet must decide by 31 August, and the road freight lobby…
Buy Bitcoin in New Zealand today, sell it at a profit tomorrow or in ten years, and the tax treatment is the same. The gain counts as income and it…
A specialist Inland Revenue team stopped nearly 3,000 fraudulent amended returns, including 542 in a single night, after a bogus expense claim scheme spread through the transport industry.
Parliament has nine sitting days left before it rises on 24 September, and about 100 bills are still somewhere in the process.
Meridian Energy has swung from a $452 million loss to a $130 million net profit, and has promised that the energy part of household power bills will rise by less…
New Zealand’s defending world champions won their men’s pair semi-final at the Bosbaan in the fastest time of the round.
Jason Wynyard won the Stihl Timbersports world series 14 times between 1997 and 2017, held world records in both the standing chop and the single buck, and inherited the only…
The Privileges Committee has ruled that MBIE deliberately misled MPs about a cancelled border technology project, but recommended no further punishment.
National has ruled out the accommodation levy Auckland’s hotel sector asked for, leaving the city’s regional deal commitment and its events funding in limbo.
A survey of 3,310 New Zealand renters puts Bayleys, Quinovic and Barfoot and Thompson at the top of the list for mould, cold and draughts in managed rentals.
The 2026 State of the City report finds Auckland is the world’s 75th strongest business ecosystem, up 11 places, but is still failing to convert the visitors, students and companies…
Auckland councillors have sent three congestion charging options out for public feedback in November, the same month the enabling law comes into force and days after the general election.
Three more deals were confirmed on Tuesday as the Australian contracting window heads for Friday’s close and Netball New Zealand still cannot guarantee an elite domestic competition next year.
A solution made up for a senior chemistry class and left in a cupboard for years turned into an explosive black powder, and the Defence Force detonated it on the…
Inland Revenue figures show 9,770 New Zealanders made an early KiwiSaver withdrawal in July, and more of them were in financial hardship than were buying a first home.