An average of around 70 million litres of untreated wastewater has been pouring into the capital's South Coast since Wednesday morning. That is a huge amount of wastewater, but also need to put into ...

A Green MP wants tohorā/whales to be recognised as legal persons. In New Zealand, laws have been passed to grant legal personhood to natural features, allowing them to be represented in court and have ...

Today we remember the death of over six million Jews, including 1.5 million children, and the death of millions of Poles, Russians, Roma, the disabled, political opponents, and homosexuals by the ...

A man believed to have suffered around 1000 instances of sexual abuse as a young boy was scared into silence by his abuser’s threats. But 30 years on, after decades of pain, the man has faced his ...

The furore surrounding the storied Adelaide Writers Festival, the longest-running and largest literary festival in Australia and one that receives significant taxpayer funding, has made international ...

The Wellington City Council’s latest budget blowout has been revealed ‒ a $56 million shortfall between what was budgeted and reality. The second phase of the council’s social housing upgrade ...

February 7, 2026 8:00am by Kokila Patel General Debate 07 February 2026 ...

A video of convicted murderer Scott Watson attacking another prisoner was played to the Parole Board as it met to decide if he should be released from jail after 27 years. In the video, several ...

Today we celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi - a day which should be called Emancipation Day. For on the 6th of February 1840, slavery became illegal in New Zealand. The granting of Britis ...

2026 is a “Goldilocks” year for first-home buyers, with lower interest rates, lots of houses to choose from and banks willing to lend to people with small deposits, market commentators say. Property ...