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No plans for SH1 safety improvements in Kaikōura, despite concerns
Business owners are worried about safety at a busy intersection where trucks "thunder" through town.
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Health NZ's proposed digital cuts: 'We are seeing the cracks widen'
7:40 pm todayNearly 98 percent of health IT experts and healthworkers say proposed cuts to Health NZ's digital services budget will hurt patients, according to a new survey.
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The Panel with Anna Dean and David Farrar (Part 1)
6:05 pm todayTonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Anna Dean and David Farrar. They discuss the Government's plan to scale back the number of rules… Audio
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School lunch provider turns to Australia for help
5:34 pm todayWith its main food manufacturer, Libelle, in liquidation, the School Lunch Collective has turned to Australia to ensure it had enough meals. Audio
No plans for SH1 safety improvements in Kaikōura, despite concerns
Business owners are worried about safety at a busy intersection where trucks "thunder" through town.
Health NZ's proposed digital cuts: 'We are seeing the cracks widen'
Nearly 98 percent of health IT experts and healthworkers say proposed cuts to Health NZ's digital services budget will hurt patients, according to a new survey.
The Panel with Anna Dean and David Farrar (Part 1)
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Anna Dean and David Farrar. They discuss the Government's plan to scale back the number of rules agencies must follow when tendering… Audio
School lunch provider turns to Australia for help
With its main food manufacturer, Libelle, in liquidation, the School Lunch Collective has turned to Australia to ensure it had enough meals. Audio
Cook Strait ferry sailings cancelled due to large swells
Large swells have cancelled Cook Strait sailings on both the Interislander and Bluebridge ferries.
The high school cooking up its own, tasty school lunches
Amid the horror stories of school lunches too hot to handle and inedible School Lunch Collective meals, some schools are going it alone. Dannevirke High School in the lower North... Audio
High school teacher who groomed two students named
He was sentenced to 10 months of home detention last year.
Nicola Willis plans to scrap sweep of procurement rules
Currently, government agencies must follow 71 rules when tendering contracts.
Man charged after alleged 'inappropriate' touching of student on bus
Police say the student was indecently assaulted on an Auckland bus.
Government knew for 'weeks' school lunch provider was in financial strife
But David Seymour says they did not know the full extent. Audio
Four arrested over Auckland Pride Festival protest
Police say there are further arrests to be made.
The House For Weds 12 March 2025
Fictional fiscal cliffs. The Prime Minister’s much repeated claim that he “saved school lunches” is nonsense, and relies on us not understanding how budgets actually work. Audio
'Really productive': Stanford, Seymour meet over school lunches fiasco
Erica Stanford and David Seymour have met to talk about the school lunches programme. The Education Minister and her associate were set for one of their regular meetings last Tuesday...
Last-minute reprieve for parts of Callaghan Innovation
The government is ramping up its science changes, with major shake-ups now due to happen this year.
Feature interview: This is your child's brain on the internet
Brain rot is real. It's what happens when our kids are exposed to mindless content on YouTube and other platforms says Melanie Hempe, a screen-time expert, and founder of ScreenStrong. She says… Audio
Luxon struggles under weight of cost-of-living gloom
Analysis: There's a lot of bad news around for a government holding out for a change in economic fortunes to turn the polls.
Indian community awaits major announcements during Luxon’s India trip
Christopher Luxon being invited to be the keynote speaker at Raisina Dialogue is a significant moment in India-New Zealand relations, the community believes.
Tax reforms needed to bolster economic growth - IMF report
The government needs to get control of its finances and make broad based tax and regulatory changes, according to the International Monetary Fund.
Crown rejects bus hub stabber's self-defence plea
"It's not self defence - it's murder."
Man charged with murder in Palmerston North
The 24-year-old is expected to appear in court today.
