“Rates caps are lazy politics that will damage New Zealand. International evidence is clear. Rates caps starve councils of revenue, forcing them to privatise community assets, slash staff and impose ...

A new and improved bus network will begin across Napier and Hastings from 25 January 2026. It will be more direct, serves more places, and be simpler to use. Hawke’s Bay Regional Transport Committee ...

– Crest Hospital is a joint venture between Southern Cross Healthcare and a group of local surgeons and medical specialists. – Crest is a small private hospital formed in 2013 from the merger of ...

The PSA welcomes the Public Service Commission undertaking an external review of its controversial Facebook advertising campaign during October’s health strikes. The Public Service Commission Te Kawa ...

The last known transmission of M. bovis in cattle was in September 2023, and the programme remains on track to achieve eradication by June 2028. New Zealand’s animal disease eradication agency, OSPRI, ...

As the Christmas period approaches, Central District Police’s Operation Rudolph has taken off, to remind motorists that drinking and driving is simply not okay. Between Wednesday 26 November to ...

The two alleged offenders will appear in court later this week charged with a range of offences. Two people will appear in court charged with aggravated assault after a shoplifting attempt at a North ...

The Environmental Law Initiative (ELI) will appear in the High Court next week for an urgent hearing challenging the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries’ emergency set-net fishing closure, which ELI ...

“The news today that Officials will need to report every six months on the impact these changes have had will be a boost to business confidence.” Beard says government spending and procurement can be ...

Officials will report six-monthly on the new government procurement rules which take effect today to ensure they are being complied with, Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis says.

There were 35,552 new homes consented in Aotearoa New Zealand in the year ended October 2025, up 6.2 percent compared with the year ended October 2024, according to figures released by Stats NZ today.

“There’s been incredible technological change since 2020, and we need to keep up. Many other countries have modernised their privacy rules to capture the benefits and avoid the harms of new ...