New Zealand may have to elevate its response to fuel supply disruptions sparked by conflict in the Middle East within the next month, the Finance Minister says, with officials currently providing ...

Willis made the remarks at a 1pm update on the Government’s response to the war in the Middle East. She also revealed Treasury’s “worst case” scenario, which assumed a lon ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been bestowed the Samoan chiefly title of matai he didn’t ask for. His three-day trip to Samoa, then Tonga, got off to an awkward start before it began, after ...

Extreme weather-related events in early 2026 – including the fatal landslides in Mount Maunganui and Tauranga – have raised a logical question: will climate change and infrastructure resilience be big ...

COVID-19 changed the course of New Zealand’s political history. Labour’s 50% of the vote in 2020 came from a huge electoral swing as a reward for the main coalition party’s effective evidence-based ...

Collaboration across the aisle is a desirable sign of strength in our liberal democracy and is essential to the underlying concept of MMP. There are two entirely separate issues: first, whether the ...

Brian Cartmell, a Queenstown-based expat American, has given big donations to ACT, National, NZ First and the Opportunity party.

International Day to Combat Islamophobia serves as a reminder of the importance of challenging anti-Muslim bigotry that feeds ...

National minister Dr Shane Reti has announced his retirement from politics, effective from the November 7 election.

The misconception held by the two Chrises, that recycling was a very useful thing to do in the climate context, is also believed widely by people all across the country. In fact, an Ipsos poll earlier ...

For generations, waiata has played a central role in Māori storytelling. Long before the arrival of modern recording studios and radio stations, waiata were used to pass down histories, express grief ...

Amid the ongoing political conflicts between the United States and Iran, Iran announced it would not participate in 2026 LA ...