Health has become the latest Election 2026 battleground, with Labour accusing Health Minister Simeon Brown of avoiding public scrutiny as pressure mounts over hospital staffing, healthcare costs, ...

The Tertiary Education Union is launching a fierce attack on ACT’s plan to ultimately abolish the Waitangi Tribunal, warning the proposal would remove an important mechanism for holding governments ...

The political fallout from the Ministry of Social Development payment debacle is widening, with Labour demanding greater accountability from the Prime Minister and Social Development Minister, the ...

ACT leader David Seymour has unveiled a sweeping plan to dramatically reshape the Waitangi Tribunal, promising to end its jurisdiction over contemporary Crown policy and ultimately wind the Tribunal ...

Nearly 10,000 public servants are taking strike action across Aotearoa today, escalating a major industrial dispute over pay, the cost of living and fears government agencies are struggling to retain ...

More New Zealanders are loading their plates with fresh fruit and vegetables, with new research showing a significant improvement in healthy eating habits over the past three years — and […] ...

Labour has unveiled a major artificial intelligence policy ahead of Election 2026, promising a new Office of AI, an online safety regulator, protections for artists and creators, and tougher rules […] ...

The Government has finalised more of its sweeping overhaul of the national curriculum, but the country’s largest education union is warning that publishing new curriculum documents is the easy part ...

New Zealand is being urged to significantly strengthen its response to Fiji’s rapidly escalating HIV epidemic, with public health researchers warning the crisis can no longer be treated as an […] ...

Māori unemployment reached 11.5 percent earlier this year and, despite easing to 10.8 percent in the latest June quarter, it remains almost twice the national unemployment rate. With an election […] ...

Foreign Minister and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is returning from the Pacific Islands Forum with two political contests increasingly converging — New Zealand’s battle for influence across ...

Hundreds of young people are swapping classrooms and screens for sports fields, climbing walls, mountain bikes and kī-o-rahi as a month-long programme aims to make outdoor experiences more accessible ...