Politics

Waiting for citizenship: 'Like a mystery process'

Queenstown skydiving instructor Jason Mullins who has been a New Zealand resident for 10 years is frustrated with the whole process of becoming a New Zealand... Read More

Glitch takes down petrol stations around country

A leap year technical glitch is being blamed for causing outages at fuel stations across the country. Fuel provider Allied Petroleum and Gull say they are... Read More

Health system reforms need further action

Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says the latest report into New Zealand's health reforms shows a few benefits, but overall once again demonstrates a lack of leadership... Read More

Social media and the rise in eating disorders

TikTok is not doing enough to get rid of content that promotes disordered eating, says a young woman suffering from an eating disorder. Eating disorders have... Read More

Costello ignored Treaty breach warning

Associate Health Minister Casey Costello was warned that scrapping the smokefree law would be viewed as a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi. RNZ has obtained... Read More

Semi-automatics on the table in gun laws shake-up

Semi-automatics could make a return to gun ranges with New Zealand's firearms laws in for a major shake-up this term. National and ACT agreed to rewrite... Read More

Government intervention to save Newshub 'unlikely'

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the Newshub shutdown is shocking and saddening, but the media industry needs to innovate. Owner Warner Brothers Discovery... Read More

Newshub to shut down in June

Newshub staff have expressed shock at learning the media company is to close its newsroom operations from 30 June. Newshub is owned by the global entertainment... Read More

Smokefree Amendment Bill introduced

The Government has introduced an Amendment Bill that will repeal three parts of the previous Government's planned changes to regulate smoked tobacco. 'The... Read More

Targeted support for young people

Recently allocated Ministry of Youth Development funding will support more than 6700 young people to receive targeted youth development support to remain in... Read More

NZ welcomes Australia and Brazil to agreements

New Zealand has welcomed Australia to the Inclusive Trade Action Group and Australia and Brazil to the Global Trade and Gender Arrangement Minister for Trade... Read More

School building inquiry "not" cost cutting

Education Minister Erica Stanford says a review of school property projects is "absolutely not" a cost cutting exercise. Education Minister Erica Stanford... Read More