It was a strange and eventful night, but in the end all candidates united on one, potentially impossible, course of action.

1. Sit in your car and stare blankly ahead into the void (meditate). 2. Take a nap. It’s scientifically proven that the ideal nap, one which leaves you feeling refreshed but not groggy, lasts between ...

Once water reform is out of the way, all eyes will turn to the complex, expensive quagmire of the council's social housing.

On Monday, building and construction minister Chris Penk told reporters the government would remove the New Building Standards ratings used to determine whether a building has a low, medium or high ...

Many in Queenstown also support density, particularly in Frankton, the area around the airport, five kilometres from the main town. Well-connected by bus, with several big supermarkets and the high ...

At a time when the international system 'stands on the precipice of breaking down', New Zealand’s stance may chip away at what remains of its foundation.

A Christchurch man is taking Kāinga Ora to the tenancy tribunal over a bedroom-based discrepancy that has seen him evicted from his home of 13 years. To the naked eye, it definit ...

New Zealander Ashley (Ash) Stanley-Ryan is a PhD candidate in international law at the Geneva Graduate Institute. He teaches international law and has advised both states and international ...

Porirua locals are voting on a potential mega-council merger, and, bucking the national trend, picking a mayor from an all-female lineup.

Winston Peters promised that New Zealand’s recognition of Palestine was a matter of 'when, not if', which has a real deadbeat-dad-promises-he’ll-have-his-shit-together-next-week air about it.

As local elections fever grips the nation, council candidates are jostling for your vote the best way they know how: by chucking up great big bloody signs on the side of the road. Here are The Spinoff ...

But where the personal website lives on is in local elections, where candidates suddenly think that it might be a good idea to have their own domain name. The Spinoff has been spending far too much ...