New Zealand

A well-known Hamilton theatre is staging one of its most dramatic shows yet - a fight for survival that has drawn in millionaires, divided the community and has local councillors at each other's… Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6305970844112 Video, Audio

Former Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum is set to take on the head coaching role of the England's men's test side.

The 40-year-old has agreed to take up the job, subject to a contract being… Video, Audio

The Education Minister is being called out for allegedly inferring international students dishonestly exploited a back door to residency under study to work rights.

In a press release about the… Video, Audio

A former Gloriavale resident who was used as unpaid child labour says it time government agencies went into the closed fundamentalist Christian community, opened their eyes and did their job.

In… Video, Audio

As food prices continue to rise, some Aucklanders say they're cutting meals to cope.

The latest Food Price Index figures from Stats NZ were released today, showing groceries were 6.4 percent pricier… Video, Audio

World Rugby is having another crack at establishing a new north versus south global competition.

It's being touted as the most significant restructure of the game since the advent of professionalism… Audio

Stewart Island's visitor levy is expected to treble - but it'll be phased in. The $5 levy has been in place since 2013 and was aimed at easing the burden of tourism on the community.

But figures from… Audio

The Green Party has come out swinging against the border announcement - saying it amounts to "white immigration policy".

It says the new settings will disproportionately affecting migrants from… Audio

Businesses are relieved the border will fully open on July 31 two months earlier than signalled.

The date was revealed as part of the government's immigration reset that's aimed at building a high… Video, Audio

The gilt may be wearing a bit thin on Wellington's Golden Mile with the news that the glitzy David Jones department store will be replaced by an assortment of smaller shops.

Some in the retail sector… Audio

Fancy the idea of being ferried across the Waitemata Harbour while avoiding swells sea sickness? Or maybe you're just sick of sitting in traffic. Austrian firm Doppelmayr is proposing an alternative -… Video, Audio

New Zealanders are being urged to avoid non-essential travel to Sri Lanka as the country's crisis deepens.

The government there has ordered troops to open fire on anyone looting and deployed the… Audio

The government's fully opening the border from the end of July - meaning international students and tourists will be able to apply for visas to come in.

A Green List will attract migrants in 85… Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6305918711112 Video, Audio

WorkSafe will soon come knocking on Gloriavale's door and the charities regulator has launched an investigation as a result of an Employment Court ruling on child labour.

Government agencies are… Video, Audio

The Checkout war is on: Supermarket chain Foodstuffs has launched a price drop on selected grocery items just days after its main competitor froze prices on more than 500 so-called essential items.

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The government has announced the border will fully open on July 31, two months earlier than signalled.

The date was revealed as part of the government's immigration reset, which is aimed at building… Video, Audio

New Pacific Health National Director role created for Health NZ. Audio

The Government is coming under increasing pressure to rein in the supermarket operators - with Consumer NZ launching a public petition.

The watchdog wants the Government to go further than the… Audio