Diabetes continues to have a devastating impact on Māori communities across Aotearoa, but one Northland health provider is demonstrating that culturally grounded, whānau-centred care can make a real ...

A leading legal academic says New Zealand has an opportunity to modernise its sexual consent laws immediately, questioning why the Government is waiting until after the election when there appears […] ...

I’ve developed a chronic case of Electxiety By Mātengahere Mete In May 2026, the New Zealand government changed the law. Not for future cases. For all cases. Including Mike Smith’s. […] ...

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Thousands of public servants are now involved in collective bargaining across several government agencies, with staff at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) set to hold ...

Concerns are mounting over the Government’s sweeping replacement of the Resource Management Act (RMA), with kaupapa Māori environmental expert Tina Porou warning the reforms could significantly reduce ...

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Infrastructure New Zealand is calling for a fundamental overhaul of how the country plans, funds and delivers major infrastructure projects, arguing New Zealand already spends enough on roads, ...

Federated Farmers has welcomed the Government’s decision to prevent existing and proposed Mana Whakahono ā Rohe agreements from transferring into New Zealand’s new resource management system, ...

New Zealand’s inflation rate has climbed to its highest level in more than two years, delivering another blow to households already grappling with the cost of living and increasing pressure […] ...

There is an old saying in politics: governments campaign in poetry but govern in prose. The trouble is that prose has a nasty habit of colliding with reality. When the […] ...

For most New Zealanders born overseas to Kiwi parents, citizenship is something rarely questioned. For Ngāpuhi father John Ruddock, it became the defining battle of his life. What began as […] ...