The late election date gives the coalition extra time for the economy to turn – and for the opposition to hammer home its message that NZ needs a change.

We’ve got good news for nostalgia-seeking millennials; Scrubs and Malcolm in the Middle are returning in 2026 with (almost) all of their original casts. Back in the 2000s, Malcolm in the Middle ...

Of course, every politician talks up their chances ahead of an election, but this doesn’t seem like an act. Hipkins believes that Labour can win this thing. He says they intend to do “significantly ...

The application was declined in error, but one advocate says a 'tightening' of government hardship grants has seen more people turn to food banks.

They do so at a fraction of the cost of other modes. Though some commentators seem to think the cost of cycle paths is outrageous, Auckland Transport is investing $69m of its $1.5bn capital budget in ...

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. It’s one of those books that stays with you, not because it explains everything, but because it doesn’t. The language is clean and direct – Hemingway’s famous ...

States of emergency have been declared in multiple regions, evacuations are ongoing and one person is missing.

An important update: the official Spinoff election date prediction has been confirmed by a man named Christopher Luxon.

Auckland is already one of the most diverse cities in the southern hemisphere. Ethnic minority communities make up over 40% of its population, and they are younger, more likely to be in family-forming ...

The prime minister’s country tally is just one clue to an election year in which the outside world will play a big role.

New Zealand’s military budgets, which the prime minister noted in his speech on Monday as he acknowledged. the “rupturing” of the rules-based system, as well as the “rising risk” of a “dangerous ...

Drenched Northland may again get the worst of it, but Coromandel and the Bay of Plenty are being warned to prepare as well.