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This year's "no-frills" Budget is spending nearly $11.5 billion more of taxpayers' money over four years. Here's a list of the major spending and projects.

Land covenants across the entire economy will also be reviewed, as part of the government's response to the Commerce Commission's Building Supplies Market Study.

New Zealand has had decades of warnings about the effects of deforestation of hillsides, draining of wetlands and building behind stopbanks, a freshwater expert says.

The Minister of Finance talks us through the ceremonial nature of the delivery of the Budget in Parliament.

Drivers who are convicted after fleeing police could have their car taken off them for good under new legislation introduced to Parliament.

The Consumer Advocacy Council is calling for The Electricity Authority to makes its customer care guidelines mandatory after several electricity retailers admitted to not fully complying with…

Infrastructure leaders are considering new user charges as one way to make the most of a $92 billion wish list of projects over the next five to 10 years.

The ACT Party is proposing to condense income tax brackets, slash the number of public servants and increase prison beds in its alternative budget.

Some in the media learned the lessons of Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods, just as the emergency management authorities have done - and they made a concerted effort to…

The discovery has shut down air filling at Auckland City fire station, and it has withdrawn all its breathing apparatus tanks.

Violent clashes have erupted between anti-immigration protesters using the Nazi salute and counter protesters outside the Victorian Parliament in Melbourne.

Tony Stamp reviews the reissue of Cloudboy's ambitious 2001 epic, an ambient album by Brian Eno and Fred Again…, and Terrible Sons' hushed and wholesome debut LP.

The council is a step closer to reinstating its controversial hotel bed tax after the Supreme Court ruled in its favour.

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission says preventable accidents contribute to the country's average of 16 boating deaths each year and it wants the government to take action.

The National Party is not ruling out forcibly breaking up the supermarket duopoly, while an economist explains how taking GST off food might backfire. Audio