Former All Blacks captain Taine Randell is standing for New Zealand First in Tukituki, right in the heart of Kahungunu ...

Council plans to evict rough sleepers from a disused sports club and Whangārei residents have opposed the idea, Green Party List MP Huhana Lyndon talks to us from the Old Boys' Rugby Club grounds ...

ChildFund New Zealand is warning against proposed cuts to New Zealand’s foreign aid budget at a time when humanitarian need is reaching extraordinary levels, with around 266 million people facing ...

He’s been watching from the gallery, just like the rest of us, as Election 2026 delivers shifting polls, leaders’ debates, policy announcements and an increasingly fascinating contest for the Māori ...

Te Pāti Māori has unveiled a major Māori-medium education policy, promising long-term investment in kōhanga reo and kura Māori as part of its Election 2026 platform. The party says it […] ...

A debate over the place of reading, writing and maths in primary schools has emerged on the election campaign trail, with the Parents’ Alliance opposing Labour’s proposal to remove the […] ...

New Zealand First has unveiled its 50-candidate party list for Election 2026, with leader Winston Peters taking the number one position as the party prepares for the final month of […] ...

David Tamihere will not face another trial over the deaths of Swedish backpackers Heidi Paakkonen and Sven Urban Höglin, bringing a major legal chapter in one of New Zealand’s longest-running […] ...

Hundreds of jobs could be at risk at Inland Revenue as the agency prepares to operate with a baseline budget around 20 percent lower by 2028/29, according to the Public […] ...

The election race has tightened sharply in the latest RNZ-Reid Research poll, with National losing support, the Greens gaining ground and the shape of the next government increasingly dependent on […] ...

Calls to reconnect Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga by passenger rail are gaining momentum, with campaigners pointing to growing public demand and new political support for extending Te Huia into the ...

With Election 2026 entering its final weeks, the contest for Māori support is becoming an increasingly important part of the wider campaign, as Labour, Te Pāti Māori and the Greens […] ...