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Waikato-Tainui environmental leader Tipa Mahuta is warning the Government’s decision to defer key freshwater protections until 2032 risks sacrif…
Nearly 170,000 children across Aotearoa are living without everyday essentials, prompting the Child Poverty Action Group to challenge political…
Fourteen years of negotiation, science, court proceedings and collaboration involving iwi, farmers, councils, industry and environmental groups…
Tākuta Ferris is preparing for one of the biggest tests of his political career, confirming he will seek re-election in Te Tai Tonga in 2026 as…
For decades, former sawmill workers and their whānau have carried the consequences of exposure to one of the darkest chapters in New Zealand’s i…
ACT is promising a major reset of the relationship between Parliament, the courts, tikanga Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi, unveiling an election…
Te Tai Tonga MP Tākuta Ferris has formally confirmed he will fight to retain the country’s largest Māori electorate as an independent, setting u…
A major review of Aotearoa’s aged-care system is calling for sweeping reform, but for Māori health researcher Dr Joanna Hikaka the conversation…
As Parliament moves to shut down one pathway for climate litigation against major corporate emitters, climate advocate Mike Smith is pursuing an…
A controversial new law restricting the ability to bring civil claims against companies over their greenhouse gas emissions has intensified a mu…
The row over public servants attending this year’s Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Parade has intensified, with the Public Service Association calling on…
New Zealand’s engineering and electrical industries are urging the Government to reverse controversial changes to electrical safety regulations,…
The battle for the seven Māori electorates is sharpening into something bigger than a contest between Labour and Te Pāti Māori — it is becoming…
New Zealand is being challenged to fundamentally rethink how it funds and delivers major infrastructure, as concerns grow that the country is sp…
A landmark climate case has reached the Supreme Court, with Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Kahu climate advocate Michael John Smith challenging whether the C…
New Zealand needs to decide what kind of country it wants to become before deciding what it needs to build, according to Infrastructure New Zeal…
A major new report from the Office of the Chief Coroner has brought together 57 coronial findings from the first three months of 2026, exposing…
Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora is tightening the reins on recruitment, with vacancies facing greater scrutiny and senior-level approval as the…