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…
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.
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.
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…
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.
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…
Northland beat Waikato 34-17 for a second Ranfurly Shield defence, their first ever Shield win over Waikato. Counties Manukau are the last challenge.
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
Employers would no longer need staff to keep logbooks for work vehicles under a tax bill Revenue Minister Simon Watts introduced to Parliament on 10 September, two weeks before the…
Super Rugby Pacific’s Super Round is coming back to Christchurch. All ten teams will play at One New Zealand Stadium from Friday 2 April to Sunday 4 April 2027, after…
The volunteers who have spent years fixing up New Zealand’s remote huts and tracks have a new formal agreement with the Department of Conservation, though for now it changes nothing…
Sir Steve Hansen, the coach who led the All Blacks to the 2015 Rugby World Cup title, has joined the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles as the NRL club’s football performance…
New Zealand companies are being put into liquidation at the fastest rate since 2010, and Inland Revenue is behind most of the court cases pushing them there. Companies Office figures…
Six community groups that take children surfing, dirt biking, kayaking, boxing and tramping will share $2.4 million in the Government’s second round of funding for sport-based youth crime prevention. Sport…
Christchurch’s Orana Wildlife Park needs about $4.1 million or its available cash runs out by March 2027, and its own filed accounts show how fast the gap opened.
Chrome moved to a two-week release cycle on 8 September and iOS 27 brings Safari 27 on 14 September. What the faster pace means for New Zealand business websites.
The first royal albatross chicks of the season have left Taiaroa Head near Dunedin, the only mainland site in the world where the giant seabirds breed, and rangers are hoping…
New Zealand house prices are unlikely to climb back to their 2021 highs until late 2029, and buyers should not expect the fast capital gains of the past three decades…