New Zealand has tumbled in an international climate-change league table, with authors now ranking it as 'low-performing”. The country fell three places... Read More

By Bill Hickman of RNZ A nursing student says he's 'disappointed, but not surprised” by delays in announcing job offers to graduate nurses. Graduating... Read More

'I have no doubt that most people we meet would rather be at a supermarket with funds in their pocket,” Tauranga Community Foodbank general manager... Read More

A move by ACC to use artificial intelligence to help decide which long-term claimants should go back to work is being called 'shocking”. It comes as... Read More

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment issued a public recall for rainbow play sand from Educational Colours and coloured sand from Creatistics... Read More

Some Bay of Plenty kura are closed or partly closed after multiple brands of coloured play sand were found to contain asbestos. On Saturday, the Ministry... Read More

Four tourism campaigns aimed to attract travellers into the regions have received close $6 million in government funding. Tourism and Hospitality Minister... Read More

New Zealanders lost a gross total of $265 million to fraud over the past 12 months, according to the first Reported Fraud Monitor report by Payments NZ. The... Read More

A multimillion-dollar twin campaign to entice international visitors to Rotorua has been announced by the Government. RotoruaNZ will receive more than $4.5... Read More

More than 20,000 people in the western Bay of Plenty are looking for support to put food on the table in a 'concerning” shift towards longer-term... Read More

Across three generations, change is something members of the Dyer family all agree is a constant feature of farming. 'The only guarantee in life is change,”... Read More

Coloured sand products sold by Kmart NZ have tested positive for tremolite asbestos, prompting an urgent recall notice and warning for anyone who has bought... Read More