New Zealand’s major bank economists have sharply revised their interest rate forecasts, with ANZ now predicting the Reserve Bank will raise the Official Cash Rate three times before the end…
A new answer to the Fermi Paradox. What if the universe has an immune system, and unconstrained civilisational expansion is the cancer it evolved to eliminate?
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…
The clean-up from Cyclone Vaianu is under way across the North Island after the storm tracked away from mainland New Zealand, leaving behind flooded homes, blocked roads, and thousands of…
New Zealand’s fuel stocks look stable on paper. But the real danger lies upstream, at the Asian refineries that supply us and the crude oil they can no longer easily…
More than 100 kakapo chicks have hatched in 2026, shattering the previous record and offering new hope for one of the world’s rarest birds.
Fonterra has named Richard Allen as its new Chief Executive Officer, with the appointment taking effect on 1 May 2026. Allen, a company veteran who joined Fonterra as a graduate…
Auckland-headquartered pharmaceutical company AFT Pharmaceuticals has reported record sales for its 2026 financial year, announcing sustained double-digit growth across all of its markets and confirming a new United States distribution…
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…
New Zealand’s ability to understand and predict extreme weather events is being undermined by a wave of funding cuts that have driven specialist climate scientists overseas, researchers are warning. A…
Damian McKenzie has cemented his status as one of the greatest Chiefs players of all time, breaking the franchise’s all-time try-scoring record while also bringing up 1500 Super Rugby points…
New Zealand’s food and fibre sector is on track to deliver a record export year, with the Ministry for Primary Industries forecasting the country’s primary sector exports will reach $62…
New Zealand has a new world champion. Carlos Ulberg, fighting out of Auckland, stopped Jiří Procházka by knockout in the first round at UFC 327 in Miami to claim the…
A Palmerston North GP is raising the alarm over what she describes as a “dire shortage” of specialist staff in the city’s hospital gastroenterology department, warning that patients with serious…
New Zealand sends $8-10 billion overseas every year to buy fuel. Electrifying the vehicle fleet with domestically generated renewable power would eliminate the petrol import bill entirely and keep billions…
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…
Wellington households face water bills that could nearly triple within a decade, with the Commerce Commission now stepping in to scrutinise the pricing model behind the region’s newly formed water…
A survey of palliative care doctors in New Zealand and Australia has found overwhelming support for more research into psychedelic medicines for patients facing terminal illness, adding weight to growing…
The New Zealand Warriors have ended one of the most stubborn hoodoos in recent NRL history, blowing Melbourne Storm away 38-14 at AAMI Park on Saturday night to claim their…
New Zealand businesses are entering the second quarter of 2026 with a split personality. On one side, optimism about the economic outlook has surged to levels not seen in over…
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…
The Football Ferns are one win away from booking their place at the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil after a dominant 5-0 victory over Fiji in their Oceania…
A powerful subtropical system bearing down on New Zealand’s North Island has prompted multiple states of emergency, mass evacuations, and urgent warnings for residents to prepare now rather than wait.…
New Zealand generates 85 percent of its electricity from renewable sources, but declining gas reserves, growing demand from EVs and data centres, and the challenge of dry year risk mean…
Since the Marsden Point refinery closed in 2022, New Zealand imports 100 percent of its refined fuel. The 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis has exposed just how fragile that supply…
Department of Conservation staff working on Rakiura Stewart Island have faced a sustained campaign of threats, harassment and intimidation over the past year and a half, as tensions over the…
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…
Talley’s is consulting with workers at its Westport fish processing plant about a potential closure, putting around 80 jobs at risk in one of New Zealand’s most economically vulnerable regions.…