13+ hour, 49+ min ago   (289+ words) Telling the story of two amazing Prisoner of War escapes during WW2, a group of ten medals to New Zealander John Alexander Redpath features at the Mowbray Collectables coin and medal auction in Wellington on 18 September 2026. Redpath defied the odds in…...

13+ hour, 39+ min ago   (1068+ words) Lillian Hanly Political Reporter Labour has been "ankle tapped" by National on KiwiSaver according to the managing director of Simplicity, but the wife of Sir Michael Cullen, who got the scheme going, says the party's found the "perfect solution." It…...

15+ hour ago   (1281+ words) Responses to all 12 questions on science policy and investment, climate and natural hazards, gene tech, AI, and emerging tech, are available below. Previous election Q&As are available here. Responses listed in order of the number of seats in the…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (877+ words) Aucklanders have travelled through the heart of the city by train for the first time today, as passenger services began on the City Rail Link-enabled rail network. From before dawn, hundreds of train enthusiasts queued across the network to be…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (279+ words) The first graduates of the Bachelor of Nursing Māori Matariki cohort were celebrated at Waiwhetū Marae today, marking an important milestone for Māori nursing education and hauora in Aotearoa. For many graduates, reaching the finish line represents more than a…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1026+ words) Privatisation is continuing to expand in Aotearoa New Zealand’s public hospitals, both in volume and scope. Owing to the Government’s reluctance to use this ‘p’ word, it instead calls it ‘outsourcing’. However, few in the health system and public are…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (964+ words) Labour is calling the government's stance on Israel an embarrassment to the country, and says it is failing to meet its responsibilities under the genocide convention. Britain, France and Canada are set to ban imports from Israeli settlements in the…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (417+ words) Hospitality New Zealand (Hospitality NZ) has welcomed the Ministry for Regulation’s Hospitality Sector Review as an important step towards making it easier and cheaper to open and run a hospitality business. Better regulation of the hospitality sector (the Review) has…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (485+ words) The government has accepted all the recommendations from a report into the telehealth service for mental health. The review found too many people who tried to call for help didn't get through. "Too many people approaching these services do not…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (609+ words) GENEVA (7 September 2026) – Large-scale removal of rubble in areas of Gaza under Israeli military control cannot become a way to erase traces of atrocity crimes and another means to entrench Israel’s illegal occupation, a UN expert said today. “The ongoing removal,…...