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Carpet company Bremworth is looking at the option of providing farmers with long-term contracts to secure supply.

For the first time Aotearoa has a long-term strategy to deal with the effects of climate change, but the government plan released today contains few answers to tough questions like who pays for what.

A law that could ban violent criminals from even being on the same property as a firearm for up to a decade will come into force by the end of next week.

Health officials are being asked to reconsider the evidence used to ban midwives from working if they are unvaccinated against Covid-19.

Health professionals welcomed efforts to plug gaps in the system but cautioned that overseas doctors and nurses were not a panacea for depleted hospitals and clinics. Audio

On the 35th anniversary of te reo Māori becoming an official language, the Māori Language Commission is warning more work is needed to ensure its survival.

The 2020s bring unprecedented challenges for young New Zealanders including a pandemic, climate crisis, economic hardship and volatile politics. Youth Parliament Press Gallery reporter Louis Collins…

The Bill setting out the role and obligations of the new public media entity easily passed its first reading in Parliament this week. Members of the public can finally have their say on the plan…

Auckland Council has dodged a million-dollar bill for alerting residents to incoming changes to housing intensification.

A boycott by seven rugby league players over a pride jersey has sparked a massive backlash.

Aaron Dodd, Chief Investigator and Deputy Director of the Centre for Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis, based at the University of Melbourne, chats about the foot and mouth disease risk for New…

Opposition parties are crying foul over a donations law change, while the government is considering a separate fix to prevent big foreign funders secretly influencing elections. Audio

Analysis - The Green Party's instability has implications reaching through to the next election, while Christopher Luxon is caught up in another unnecessary muddle.

After guiding New Zealand through two and a half years of a pandemic, Dr Ashley Bloomfield's time as Director-General of Health has come to an end. Video

The West Coast Regional Council has been criticised by the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) after an audit of the 2021-31 long-term plan.

PNG monkeypox warning, Tokelau leaders meet again, and honour for Tahiti MP

Almost one million people in a suburb of Wuhan - China's central city where the coronavirus was first recorded - have been placed under lockdown.

Former Otago Polytechnic chief executive Phil Ker has called for an apology from Education Minister Chris Hipkins for turning the country's polytechnic education system into "a national disgrace".

An Auckland councillor is calling for plans to introduce charging at public park and ride facilities to be dropped.

In today's sports news - Andrews joins pursuit team, Singh staying in Germany, Sri Lanka on top and Argentinian joins Man U.