Less than a fortnight after the Government apologised for the harm done to young people in state care – including bootcamps – the children’s minister has introduced a bill that will allow young ...

'In six months Luxon will need to ensure his party quickly votes the bill down when it returns to the House. But that is the very time David Seymour is due to take over as Deputy Prime Minister, also ...

Elephant team leader Andrew Coers and senior elephant keeper Corryn Coers with Asian elephant Burma Photo: Auckland Zoo/ Supplied After about two and a half years of planning and waiting, New ...

A framework for global carbon trading under the Paris Agreement is finally nearing completion at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan after years of halting talks. Climate Change Minister Simon Watts is one of ...

'Chinese officials have the means and will to ensure any economic pain they feel will also be felt by US businesses and consumers, if it comes to that.' Photo: Getty Images Opinion: China’s ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon did not meet the Treaty Principles Bill hīkoi crowd, sees “nothing” of merit in the Act-proposed law but the Parliament his Government dominates will spend six months ...

Comment: In a recent article, Richard Prebble asked, ‘Why not govern the country like it is a company?’ The answer is simple, and obvious. New Zealand is a democracy, not a business. According to ...

East Brown and his partner Michelle Hunia attended the hīkoi, along with dozens of other gang whānau. Photo: Laura Walters As Te Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti gathered at Wellington’s Waitangi Park on the ...

From The Detail: When it comes to outcomes on poverty, New Zealand’s markers are poor. Experts gathering this week in Wellington want to change that.

Oji Fibre Solutions plans to halt paper production at Kinleith Mill, with the loss of about 230 jobs. Photo Supplied Business news in association with Kinleith Mill’s plan to halt paper production ...

Opinion: I remember reading Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau’s words in response to ministers who had described the council as a “shambles”, “shemozzle”, and a hot bed of “meddling bureaucracy”, after the ...

The government wants to cut court backlogs, but lawyers say taking out a jury of your peers to make things faster isn't necessarily the best justice Photo: Lynn Grieveson New Zealand will find out ...