New Zealand has received a second major warning from global credit markets this year, with Moody’s shifting its outlook for the country from stable to negative while maintaining the top-tier…
The Black Caps face a series decider against Bangladesh in Chattogram today after an impressive recovery by the home side levelled the three-match ODI series at one game apiece, setting…
The government’s decision to proceed with a multi-billion-dollar liquefied natural gas import terminal was supported by economic modelling that never tested what would happen if international LNG prices surged —…
Wellington’s Pukeahu National War Memorial carillon tower will ring for the first time in well over a decade on ANZAC Day, bringing back a sound that has been missing from…
New Zealand’s real wage index is lower at the end of 2025 than in 1992. Over the same 33 years, labour productivity in goods-producing industries rose 18% and in services…
The Southern New Zealand dotterel — known by its Māori name pukunui — has posted its biggest population increase in more than three decades, following an aerial 1080 operation across…
Global sharemarkets are on a tear. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are hovering near all-time highs. The FTSE 100 is close to its February record. The Russell 2000, which tracks…
Sixteen students from a small Banks Peninsula school found themselves speaking live to a NASA astronaut orbiting the Earth at roughly 28,000 kilometres an hour on Monday night, in a…
Christchurch is set to host its most significant sporting weekend since the Canterbury earthquakes as the brand-new One New Zealand Stadium opens its doors for the Super Rugby Pacific Super…
Winston Peters has openly accused Prime Minister Christopher Luxon of breaching the coalition government’s no-surprises clause by failing to forewarn him before calling a confidence vote within National’s caucus on…
Wattie’s closures have been framed as multinationals squeezing Kiwi workers and supermarkets squeezing Kiwi suppliers. The Stats NZ Producers Price Index says food manufacturer margins are up, not down. Meat…
New Zealand is racing to add diesel buffer at Marsden Point, with Channel Infrastructure crews working seven days a week to have an extra 93 million litres of storage ready…
Wellington has been placed under a state of emergency after record-breaking rainfall unleashed catastrophic flooding, landslips and displacement across suburbs from Mount Cook to Owhiro Bay, with red weather warnings…
They have been mobbed by fans at American gaming conventions, recognised on the streets of cities they had never visited before, and they have racked up more than five billion…
Parliament returned today with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon addressing his caucus in the face of the worst poll of his leadership, as the government confronted growing questions about whether it…
The Black Ferns Sevens have added another golden chapter to one of New Zealand sport’s most compelling success stories, claiming their fourth consecutive Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens title with a…
Between 2020 and 2024 the CPI rose 21.2 percent. Half was a global shock every small open economy faced in similar size. The other half was distinctly ours — and…
Real industrial electricity prices have doubled since the Māui gas field peaked in 2001. Four New Zealand towns — Kawerau, Tokoroa, Whangārei and Bluff — built their manufacturing base on…
New Zealanders pulled a record $296.7 million from their KiwiSaver accounts in March, the highest single-month figure since the scheme launched nearly two decades ago, with first-home buyers accounting for…
BNZ has announced an accounting policy change that will slash $253 million from its half-year profit, as the bank acknowledges that artificial intelligence is shortening the useful life of software…
In the winter of 1977, a van carrying six maximum-security prisoners wound through Auckland’s streets towards the University of Auckland’s Maidment Theatre. The men inside — among them a drug…
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has joined a virtual meeting of approximately 40 to 50 world leaders pushing for a diplomatic solution to the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, a…
Correction. This article originally said real wages were below their 1992 level, based on the Labour Cost Index, a fixed-quality index that excludes promotions, merit and experience. Actual real earnings…
New Zealand will formally sign its free trade agreement with India on 27 April in New Delhi, Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay confirmed on Monday, setting the stage for…
New Zealand may be on the verge of a rare biosecurity victory. After months of intensive tracking, trapping, and surveillance across Auckland’s North Shore, government eradication teams have found no…
New Zealand is set to sign a landmark free trade agreement with India next week, opening up a market of 1.4 billion people to New Zealand exporters in what the…
A violent overnight storm brought a tornado to Tauranga in the early hours of Sunday morning, ripping roofs from homes, uprooting trees, and cutting power to dozens of households, while…
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 New Zealand Warriors have moved to second on the NRL ladder after a dominant 28-20 win over the Gold Coast Titans at Go Media Stadium in Auckland on Saturday,…
Northland boxer Lani Daniels has produced one of the greatest nights in New Zealand boxing history, stopping American Shadasia Green in the ninth round at Madison Square Garden to claim…