Eight-year-old Maia Carran pressed the bugle to her lips at the Otautau ANZAC Day service on Saturday morning and did something no one in her family had managed before —…
Finance Minister Nicola Willis has held high-level talks with Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers in Brisbane, with the two countries committing to deeper coordination on fuel security as the ongoing conflict…
NZ beef at the supermarket costs more than it used to — not because of general inflation, but because of a specific mechanism economists call supply-overhang absorption. The China FTA…
A plain-English guide to New Zealand’s recreational snapper rules — bag limits, size limits and gear restrictions by SNA area, plus closed zones, customary rights and how to stay current.
How the SNA1 snapper stock rebuilt from a 1980s low to its current strength, the tools that did it, and the Gulf ecosystem context around the recovery.
“Fish before a front” is useful advice — but the barometer isn’t the reason. An evidence-led look at the barometric pressure fishing myth, what the research actually says and what’s…
A science-led guide to when, where and how kingfish bite in New Zealand waters — the 17°C migration trigger, structure and current, live bait vs jigging, and the key regions…
A complete guide to snapper fishing in the Kaipara Harbour — west-coast timing, the main channels, bar-mouth safety, and the sustainability picture for New Zealand’s biggest snapper nursery.
A complete guide to snapper fishing in the Hauraki Gulf — the inner Gulf, outer Gulf, Firth of Thames and west Coromandel coast. Productive spots, seasonal patterns, tidal currents and…
A month-by-month guide to snapper fishing in the Hauraki Gulf, with expected water temperatures, productive spots and the tactics that actually work in each season.
The moon affects snapper fishing through tides, not directly. Here is what the research says about spring tides, full moon night bites and why solunar tables are mostly tide charts…
Snapper spawn from October through February in northern New Zealand, triggered when inshore water reaches 18°C. Here is the regional timing, what the fish are doing, and what it means…
From the 18°C spawning trigger to the 22°C summer ceiling, here is exactly how water temperature drives snapper feeding, movement and catches in New Zealand.
The receivers of Auckland’s long-stalled Seascape apartment tower have launched an international sale campaign for the 56-storey structure on Customs Street East, engaging Bayleys Real Estate and Knight Frank to…
Christchurch has waited 15 years for a moment like this. On Friday night, 25,237 fans packed into the new One New Zealand Stadium in the heart of the city and…
Dave Preston was still in bed when the hillside came down. “We were still in bed, it was still dark — the sun was just rising — and we heard…
The Black Caps have been beaten in Bangladesh, losing the three-match ODI series 2-1 after a comprehensive 55-run defeat in the decider at Chattogram on Thursday. A century from captain…
New Zealand’s social fabric is fraying on almost every measure, according to a major new report that finds financial hardship has become the dominant force driving communities apart. The second…
A deep dive into the world’s largest clean oil products exporter, why it is quietly pulling back from the global market, and why New Zealand cannot afford to look away.…
Dozens of principal and teacher organisations have signed an open letter demanding the government pause its sweeping curriculum overhaul, with the consultation period on the proposed changes closing today in…
Suzie Bates has announced she will retire from international cricket after the Women’s T20 World Cup in England this June, bringing the curtain down on a 20-year career that reshaped…
Something shifted in how AI works for businesses over the past six months, and the numbers suggest most New Zealand companies haven’t yet noticed. We spent 2023 and 2024 getting…
Finance Minister Nicola Willis has told New Zealanders that the country’s economic recovery is “delayed, but not derailed”, as Treasury releases three distinct scenarios for where the economy could end…
The blue penguins of Ōamaru have had the best breeding season on record, with 994 korōrā chicks fledging from the town’s two managed colonies between May 2025 and April 2026.…
ACT Party leader David Seymour has floated one of the more distinctive election year ideas to emerge from any party so far, proposing that every Year 11 student in New…
New Zealand has spent more of its annual output on houses than on all other fixed capital combined every year since 2017. In 1988 residential building was 27% of fixed…
A 15-year-old Raglan schoolgirl has earned herself a shot at surfing’s biggest stage after winning a wildcard into the first-ever World Surf League Championship Tour event held in New Zealand.…
Karel Witten-Hannah was 34 years old and teaching computer programming at Massey High School in West Auckland when he first qualified as a surf lifeguard in 1985. Forty years later,…
New Zealand’s annual inflation rate held at 3.1 percent in the three months to March, fresh data from Stats NZ has confirmed, arriving above the Reserve Bank’s target ceiling and…
Shares in a2 Milk fell more than 16 per cent on the New Zealand Exchange today, sliding to $8.99 as investors absorbed the full weight of a supply chain crisis…