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The Awakino Gorge has closed again and again in 2026. Here is why the papa mudstone keeps failing and what the four day August closure is meant…
Five months after the Strait of Hormuz closed New Zealand still has fuel. New MBIE stock figures show why supply held and what could still break…
Juken's Northland Mill in Kaitaia closed two weeks early, ending about 60 jobs. Nearly half the workers have been redeployed and Triboard next d…
National has released its party list for the 7 November 2026 election, keeping its top eight unchanged, lifting Speaker Gerry Brownlee to ninth…
Kmart is selling $99 camera glasses that film what the wearer sees. Privacy experts say New Zealand law was written for organisations, not indiv…
The Biometric Processing Privacy Code grace period ended on 3 August 2026. What New Zealand businesses need to check now.
Erica Stanford has sent two conflicting Immigration NZ reports to the Heron inquiry after finding a cost blowout was left out of the version she…
Lyttelton Port Company has posted a record $35 million net profit for the year to 30 June 2026, up 40 percent, with growth coming from coal, car…
The cables, fibre and towers that connect New Zealand to the world, mapped. Five million people, two long islands and 2,000 kilometres of ocean…
Ballentynes Fashion Central is closing after more than 50 years. Thirteen stores shut from 15 August and 10 provincial stores become Caroline Ev…
Political parties have taken $468,160 in 2026 through donations protected from disclosure, with National receiving $316,160. All of it arrived i…
The Government has ruled out trip caps and mandatory reassessments for Total Mobility users, but the subsidy cut from 1 July stays in place.
New research from Endometriosis New Zealand and the University of Canterbury found a third of patients were advised by a doctor to become pregna…
A University of Otago study of national health data finds autism diagnoses more than tripled between 2009 and 2023, with the sharpest growth now…
Auckland's City Rail Link opens to passengers on Sunday 13 September. The date slipped out early on Auckland Transport billboards before the off…
The Public Service Commission will run a rapid review of the Ministry of Justice after Russell Harrison stayed on full pay for five years while…
A new economic study finds wild deer are costing Hawke's Bay farmers tens of thousands of dollars a year in lost pasture, crops and native plant…
Auckland recorded 520,500 guest nights in June 2026, up 5.9 per cent, with hotel occupancy at 60 per cent while motels and serviced apartments f…