Labour has selected lawyer and board member Arena Williams as its candidate for Manurewa, a seat currently held by Louisa Wall.Wall announced on Friday she would be withdrawing from the contested selection to seek a place on Labour`s... Read...

National leader Todd Muller is urging the Government to adopt his cash-for-jobs policy as part of its response to Covid-19. Announced yesterday , the policy would give $10,000 to businesses for each hire that they made. It would... Read...

The Ministry for Culture and Heritage has spent more than $1 million on a national Erebus memorial even though it does not have building approval.The budget for the memorial, Sky Song, is $3.5 million. The ministry wants to install... Read...

After a tremulous start, the new party leadership is getting fired up with a different approach says Nikki Kaye. Read...

The game in which Liverpool could secure the Premier League title could be held at a neutral venue, says the national lead for football policing. Read...

By RNZ The trampers who sparked a massive search and rescue operation in Kahurangi National Park will not face any charges, even though they were on a risky multi-day tramp, which was forbidden during level 3 lockdown.Dion Reynolds... Read...

The campaign for the provincial vote has started.While PM Jacinda Ardern dined in Napier to celebrate Covid restrictions lifting further, Tukituki MP Lawrence Yule and several other National MPs went to the Chook and Filly Pub to... Read...

New Zealand did not join Canada, the UK, the US and Australia in a joint declaration condemning China`s national security legislation on Hong Kong although Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters did reiterate the government`s `deep... Read...

The review of the management plan for Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park is underway again, after it was put on hold following a Supreme Court decision. Read...

State troops are activated after days of protests over the death of a black man in police custody. Read...