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Joylato in Takapuna, open since January, won Supreme Boutique Champion at the 2026 New Zealand Ice Cream and Gelato Awards, with Motueka Creamer…
A survey of 3,310 New Zealand renters found 42.7 per cent who were told their home met Healthy Homes standards still had mould, damp or draughts.
A Tollens' reagent solution stored for years in a Horowhenua College cupboard turned into explosive black powder and was detonated by the Defenc…
The Government introduced its under 16 social media ban on Monday. ACT and New Zealand First will vote against it and Luxon says it cannot pass…
New Zealand imported $12.1 billion of fuel in the year to July 2026, up $2.3 billion, cancelling out the entire increase in meat export earnings.
Kiwibank opened in a Palmerston North PostShop in 2002 on $80 million of share capital, over the objections of the Prime Minister and the Financ…
Fisher and Paykel Healthcare lifts its 2027 profit guidance to $525m to $565m and books $23 million of refunded US tariffs, the first hard figur…
National promises no new taxes if re-elected on 7 November, ruling out a bed tax and a bank tax but staying silent on fuel excise, as Labour rel…
The schoolbook version of tides is not wrong, just incomplete. Why some coasts get 16 metre tides and others almost none, animated in six steps.
Ashburton District Council estimates 130 to 170 short-term lets operate in Methven, a town of fewer than 1000 homes. Locals are divided on what…
The Greens would restore Ka Ora, Ka Ako, lift school lunch funding to $6.50 a meal and add 400 schools, at a cost of $472 million in 2027/28.
Paul Davison's review says Tauranga City Council was warned about the slope above the Mount Maunganui campground for 25 years and the six deaths…
Official Information Act documents show Health New Zealand leaders told Simeon Brown strict hiring controls were needed to meet the budget. The…
The Disputes Tribunal has ordered Kmart to pay a Christchurch couple $15,185.42 after asbestos was found in play sand bought for their twins, in…
Cabinet has ordered a fresh business case for Auckland's second harbour crossing, three months after NZTA endorsed a tunnel, with a Meola Reef s…
MetService has Gisborne north of Tolaga Bay under an orange heavy rain warning until 8pm Friday, with another 60 to 70mm forecast and Civil Defe…
The final Years 0 to 10 science and social sciences curriculums drop all mention of climate change, drawing criticism from academics while the M…
The NZSIS 2026 threat report says foreign states are courting election candidates and names a Chinese observatory caught installing satellite tr…