The Local Government Business Forum has today released a report calling for binding referendums on major council spending projects, giving ratepayers a way of saying yes to projects that they support.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has written to Labour leader Chris Hipkins urging him to commit his party to supporting offshore exploration for natural gas for at least the next 10 years, in an ...

Embattled internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom's latest attempt to block his extradition to the United States has failed. Dotcom challenged the legality of the justice minister's decision to surrender him ...

The first question I asked Brooke van Velden after she unveiled her Holidays Act overhaul on Tuesday was: What’s the catch? Because what the workplace relations and safety minister had just announced ...

Gaza will be a deradicalised terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbours. Gaza will be redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza. If both sides agree to this proposal, the ...

Iwi flipped Wellington's Dixon Street flats for just over $3 million, less than three weeks after buying the block from Kāinga Ora for almost a third of the price. Good on the iwi - they made $2 ...

Samira Taghavi writes on why some lawyers are quitting the criminal bar: After seeing my friend’s LinkedIn post, I rang her. We spoke, we compared notes and we asked the question I always hate: are ...

The NZ Initiative has a research note out on how fiscal policy needs to work with monetary policy. They comment: This analysis does not dispute that the RBNZ’s high interest rates were the proximate ...

The New Zealand Government has shown it has a truly independent foreign policy by not following traditional allies Australia, Canada and the UK in recognising a Palestinian State at this time. This is ...

ABC will reinstate Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show in the wake of criticism over his comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, officials with the network said on Monday.

The earthquake-prone building system will be refocused to reduce repair costs and reinvigorate communities, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk says. ... “Today, I am announcing a change to ...

The Green Party’s chief of staff, Eliza Prestidge-Oldfield, has resigned in the latest shake-up for the party in what has been a term of turmoil. In a statement, Greens co-leader Marama Davidson said ...