Major drinking water report says drinking water was contaminated after logging upstream from school campground in Hanmer ...

5:45pm: Here I am at Unity and so is all of Wellington. 5:46pm: I can’t see any food but there are a lot of journalists.

United States Customs and Border Protection Officers spent four days assessing the processing of Canadian cedar by an NZ company.

The ministry insists the National Library Music Hire Service is not being discontinued - but the PSA says change proposals show it's very much under threat ...

A legendary broadcaster, the author of the best novel of 2026 and a Nelson magnate are among 22 writers shortlisted for the prestigious Surrey Hotel and Wri ...

Returning to politics with Act, former broadcaster Paul Henry takes aim at government waste and sets his sights on Cabinet ...

Auckland minister unmoved by pleas from city chiefs to think again on removing voting rights for Māori board members ...

LISTEN: Bryan Bruce uncovers some disturbing evidence about what happened to the Kiwi evacuator and his colleague Christopher Parry.

Simeon Brown could end up minister of finance and a Labour MP could be Speaker if things go right and wrong for National ...

A historic cross-party agreement got modern slavery law onto the order paper – but now its progress is in jeopardy.

Comment: As hybrid incidents and sabotage rise across Europe, intelligence warnings about a potential Russian move against Nato are louder yet frustratingly vague, writes Oliver Hartwich ...

A scheme designed to help businesses get off gas will subsidise them to use coal, diesel or LPG instead – if they wish.