Politics'Truancy crisis': 30,000 missing, chronically absent studentsAttendance has been dropping since 2015; in 2019, 7% of students were chronically absent.02 May 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionKathy Spencer: Has Andrew Little been sold a pup on health?OPINION: Significant progress was made through incremental change, what's happened?02 May 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionEditorial: Bubble and border breaches complicate Covid strategyEDITORIAL: Vaccine-rich countries have an advantage.02 May 05:00 PM
Kahu'Two systems by stealth': National urges Govt response on reportThe Māori Party meanwhile wants a mature national conversation rather than 'race-baiting'.02 May 04:09 AM
New ZealandAll Perth-NZ flights grounded; four new MIQ cases; 27 Brisbane arrivals self-isolatingThe latest information on New Zealand's Covid-19 situation, case numbers and response.02 May 01:19 AM
New ZealandCovid-19: Kiwis grappling with toll on jobs, mental healthSurvey finds many Kiwis still feeling Covid-19 pandemic's economic and emotional impacts.02 May 12:52 AM
KahuIwi gifts forest to New Zealand 'for everyone to enjoy'PM Jacinda Ardern has paid tribute to Rangitāne's "extraordinary act of generosity".01 May 08:57 PM
New ZealandCustoms sacks nine border workers for refusing jabMore than 95 per cent of Customs staff have had first dose of the vaccine.01 May 07:48 PM
PremiumPremiumNew Zealand'Obsolete' IT system at Auckland City Hospital to be scrappedIntegrating the dozens of IT systems across the health system will be a huge challenge.01 May 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionKerre McIvorKerre McIvor: Govt leaving taxpayers in the cold over emergency housingOPINION: At the very least, taxpayers deserve to know their money's being spent wisely.01 May 05:00 PM
Kahu'It divides our communities': Collins warns of Māori systems for education, justiceNational's leader accuses Labour of trying to set up 'two systems by stealth'.01 May 02:38 AM
New ZealandCovid-19: Why MIQ is still a risk to transtasman bubbleThere have been more than three times as many MIQ failures in NZ than Oz, analysis finds.01 May 02:37 AM
New Zealand'Non-homeowner' David Seymour fesses up to links to three undeclared properties"Can't afford to buy" guy has made a virtue of not owning property. He's now declaring 3.30 Apr 05:00 PM
New ZealandGisborne port workers refusing Covid vaccineFrom midnight tonight all managed isolation and quarantine workers must be vaccinated.30 Apr 07:42 AM
New ZealandMIQ hotels only two-thirds full after 'lull in arrivals' from transtasman bubbleNZ taxpayers have forked out more than $300 million for MIQ since September 2020.30 Apr 07:19 AM
BusinessTiwai Point smelter clean-up cost risingSmelter's owners will raise provision for clean-up after audit finds more waste on site.30 Apr 05:25 AM
New ZealandCovid: 135 border workers miss vaccination deadlineAll MIQ workers must have received at least one Covid vaccine dose by midnight tonight.30 Apr 04:24 AM
New ZealandBubble breach: Cook Islands passenger travels to Perth from AucklandThe traveller did not isolate for two weeks in New Zealand as required.30 Apr 03:37 AM
New ZealandUp to five hour wait for London returnees headed to MIQThe passengers arrived on a Singapore Airlines flight into Auckland International Airport.30 Apr 03:30 AM
New ZealandMultimillion-dollar Ōpōtiki harbour project under wayMore than 1225 direct jobs will be created in the Ōpōtiki district from PDU investment.30 Apr 02:00 AM
Kahu'Structural racism': Waitangi Tribunal blasts Oranga TamarikiTribunal says it's time for Māori to "reclaim their space".30 Apr 12:00 AM
New Zealand'It's about prioritising life': Pharmac wish list needs extra $400mThe number and cost of desired extra medicines has been released for the first time.29 Apr 09:42 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Labour's manifesto now has the teeth it lacked last termOPINION: What has the Labour Govt already implemented from its manifesto?29 Apr 05:00 PM
New ZealandFormer top cop recovering from serious injuries following motorcycle crashViv Rickard was previously police deputy commissioner.29 Apr 02:58 AM
New ZealandArdern: Labour caucus to debate 'genocide' in XinjiangPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern said NZ was proud of its independent foreign policy.28 Apr 09:15 PM
PoliticsGovernment mulls rent controlsFinance Minister Grant Robertson has refused to rule it out.28 Apr 08:58 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young's report card: The best and worst of the CabinetOPINION: One new minister has been outstanding; some are yet to fire.28 Apr 05:00 PM
PoliticsBorder officials had name of traveller from Perth before he landed in NZAirlines should be asking travellers where they've come from and where they're going to.28 Apr 05:00 PM
PoliticsGovt to roll out changes to make birth-certificate sex changes easierNew rules come into effect before more overarching self-identification rules are made law.28 Apr 05:00 PM
PoliticsPerth traveller now in MIQ faces fine or possible jail timeQuestions remain over how a Kiwi flew home from Perth when the city was in lockdown.28 Apr 01:37 AM
New ZealandElectoral Commission cautions National over tardy donation disclosureNational took too long to disclose a donation – the Electoral Commission is not happy.27 Apr 11:34 PM
PoliticsBig changes in National Party needed after failures - reportBetter Māori representation suggested but Collins rejects ethnicity recruiting.27 Apr 08:05 PM
PremiumPremiumInvestmentWhy landlords, first home buyers are retreating from the property marketFirst home buyers were expected to fill the landlords' gap - but they're not.27 Apr 05:27 AM
New ZealandTravel bubble to fully reopen: NZ-Perth flights to resumeNew Zealand will reopen quarantine-free travel with Western Australia, Chris Hipkins says.27 Apr 05:11 AM