Politicians back from their summer break at Rātana on Friday had mixed views on the likely impact of more than 40 upcoming polls by councils around the country to decide on Māori wards. The ...

A full night-time closure of part of State Highway 2, for both north and southbound lanes, is required for resurfacing works scheduled from this Sunday. This is required to reduce the number of ...

US President Donald Trump has announced the new US Ambassador to New Zealand, as Minister for Foreign Affairs Winston Peters speaks to the new US Secretary of state. Trump announced in a Truth ...

Report from LDR by Craig Ashworth The Prime Minister says he will refuse any demand from the Act Party for a referendum on ...

One person died following a crash at Bunnythorpe near Palmerston North last night. Emergency services were called to the crash involving a car and a motorcycle at the Clevely Line and Railway Road ...

Wellington Phoenix striker Kosta Barbarouses is a goal scorer and he has the swagger to go with it. The club has been relying heavily on him this season as his seven goals have helped them to ...

Wētā FX has this morning received three Academy Award nominations for their visual effects work on Alien: Romulus, Better Man, and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes . Hundreds of people are waking up ...

Historian Dr Toby Boraman has been appointed as the 2025 JD Stout Fellow by the Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies at Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington. As the JD ...

Report from RNZ Mitre 10 is to take over the location of a central Wellington Warehouse store when the red shed is vacated ...

News from Fraud Film Festival The NZ International Fraud Film Festival comes to Wellington for two days of documentaries and discussion panels at the Roxy Cinema on March 17 and 18. Bringing ...

International credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings has reconfirmed the regional council’s ‘AA+’ long-term credit ratings. Both the council and its holdings company WRC ...

News from Fringe Festival The world premiere of The Night Has A Thousand Eyes at the Dunedin Arts Festival from February 14th to 16th will be followed by its Wellington premiere at the Fringe ...