Butter, cheese and milk were the biggest drivers of a rise in food prices for the year to April 2025, new figures from Stats NZ show.

UNICEF's Innocenti research reveals New Zealand's recorded the highest child suicide rate of 36 countries, and ranks last for mental wellbeing.

A new report suggests the increase in domestic air fares may be due to a lack of the right planes. In particular, airlines don't seem to have access to suitable 19-50 seat passenger aircraft. Air New ...

Tonight on The Huddle, Phil O'Reilly from Iron Duke Partners and Ali Jones from Red PR joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - an ...

Social Investment Minister Nicola Willis will this morning give a pre-Budget speech at the Southern Initiative in Auckland.

Finance Minister Nicola Willis has today launched the Social Investment Fund – a $190 million pot of money to be managed by the newly reinstated Social Investment Agency. Willis announced plans to ...

It sounds like Gerry Brownlee thinks that the Māori Party punishment is too harsh. He started Parliament today with the Speaker's ruling and he dropped som ...

Ukraine and Russia are set for the first direct talks since the war began. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is personally attending the talks in the coming hours in Turkey. The Kremlin's ...

Auckland’s Britomart train station has been evacuated and trains are delayed across the network after “multiple emergency ...

Up to 15 metro-style Briscoe and Rebel Sport stores will be popping up across the country - in a bid to pump up Briscoes ...

A 9-year-old Auckland boy has been told he can no longer play age-grade rugby with his friends because he’s over the weight limit.

Auckland FC owner Bill Foley's revelling in his side's inaugural A-League football season success. The Black Knights won the ...