Immigration has exploded into a major Election 2026 battleground, with New Zealand First and Labour unveiling sharply different plans for who should be allowed to settle in Aotearoa, how long […] ...

A person has died following a devastating house fire on Matakana Island in the Bay of Plenty, with emergency services responding to the blaze in the early hours of Saturday […] ...

The Tertiary Education Union is launching a fierce attack on ACT’s plan to ultimately abolish the Waitangi Tribunal, warning the proposal would remove an important mechanism for holding governments ...

The political fallout from the Ministry of Social Development payment debacle is widening, with Labour demanding greater accountability from the Prime Minister and Social Development Minister, the ...

The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa is calling on the New Zealand Government to ban imports linked to Israeli settlements in the Occupied West Bank, arguing Aotearoa is falling behind ...

More than 180 Māori idioms have been brought together in a new book aimed at strengthening the richness, creativity and everyday use of te reo Māori. Respected Māori academic, language […] ...

Untreated hearing loss is emerging as a major health, social and economic issue, with new research suggesting it is costing New Zealand more than $1 billion every year. New Zealand […] ...

Green Party MP Hūhana Lyndon is putting whānau wellbeing, equitable public services and the cost of living firmly into the election conversation as fresh revelations about thousands of wrongly ...

Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi is issuing a blunt warning to whānau Māori ahead of Election 2026 — enrol, turn up and vote, or risk returning a Government he […] ...

Restoring pay equity could deliver an average $300 a week to 91,000 families, help lift thousands of children out of poverty and provide a significant boost to the wider economy, […] ...

Rural health leaders are putting political parties on notice ahead of the election, warning that where New Zealanders live continues to have too much influence over whether they can access […] ...

More New Zealanders are loading their plates with fresh fruit and vegetables, with new research showing a significant improvement in healthy eating habits over the past three years — and […] ...