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People with disabilities are missing out on experiencing all the country has to offer because of poor accessibility in the tourism industry, advocates say.

All councils were originally required to accept the same materials in kerbside collection from next month.

Opinion - Does mandating very low nicotine levels in cigarettes amount to prohibition as the tobacco industry claims, Richard Edwards and Janet Hoek ask.

More than two thirds of working people feel the new government's policies would make it harder to meet cost of living pressures, a new survey has found.

Vanuatu's prime minister says he expects a referendum on the proposed Political Parties Registration Act will be held in June.

The head of the Independent Electoral Review panel says a ban on voting for prisoners is inherently unfair. Audio

Managed retreat is being considered as an option for a Canterbury coastal community facing the threat of rising sea levels.

Opinion - In 2023 the world witnessed a sustained attack on the very foundations of the international legal order, law professor Karen Scott writes.

Owners of light electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids will have to pay road user charges from 1 April, the government has announced.

The justice minister has immediately ruled out several reforms suggested in an electoral review set up by the last government.

Ministry documents reveal former partnership schools had major gaps in monitoring. Audio

One NZ call centre workers are protesting the company's plan to require them to work from the office three times a week instead of two.

Nikki Haley has overtaken Ron DeSantis in Iowa in a closely watched poll just two days before a first-in-the nation presidential nominating contest will determine whether either Republican can emerge…

Donald Trump remains the overwhelming favourite for the Republican presidential nomination, but Nikki Haley is surging. If the former US president shows any signs of weakness when voting begins next…

This season it is not the exploits of Barcelona that have been dazzling the footballing world but rather the achievements of the region's second city, Girona.

The long-delayed Waimea Dam in the Tasman District is not finished nor full, but local residents and growers are likely to need water from it in the dry months ahead.

Picton and Waikawa residents are being asked to urgently conserve water - to avoid running out of it completely.

The documents have been released as part of a lawsuit brought by sex-trafficking victim Virginia Giuffre.

The Black Caps are set for a stern challenge against Pakistan in the first T20 in Auckland on Friday.

New laws are to be introduced in Britain to clear the names of ex-postmasters caught up in the Horizon IT scandal.

A lucky female tawaki/Fiordland crested penguin has been returned to the wild off the West Coast this week after a scrape with danger

There has been no consultation or guidance over planned changes to sex education, a teachers' union says.