Search Results

Opinion - An estimated three million people have fled Ukraine, triggering an extraordinary response from governments, including New Zealand's, Jay Marlowe writes.

The clamour to ditch vaccine passes and change the traffic light setting is poorly timed, an epidemiologist says. Audio

Households are facing extra costs to run a vehicle, under a proposed revamp of road funding.

Covid-19 restrictions look set to be relaxed in the coming weeks as the Omicron outbreak plateaus and the border begins to reopen.

Role of laity essential

Gisborne District Council is one step closer to introducing Māori wards at the next election, provided it gets its way with the Local Government Commission.

Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta has promised more sanctions on Russia with officials working now to identify Russian interests in New Zealand. Audio

Opinion - The third anniversary of the Christchurch mosque attacks has come and gone. Has anything changed? Have we learned anything? Are we better, worse, more apathetic?

If the Steps to Freedom grant had kept up with inflation, it would be about $700 today.

Contractor pay in the public service has rates ranging from close to the minimum wage on helpdesks to as high as $185 an hour in IT - or almost $1500 a day, before tax.

Marlborough's waste dumping charges are set to increase, as the Government tries to encourage people to dump less.

The row comes as Russia strikes hit civilians, including a theatre turned shelter in Mariupol.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the US Congress Russia had turned the sky into a source of death for thousands of people as he repeated his plea for a no-fly zone.

Opinion - The government has failed to consider reuniting families from non-visa waiver countries yet again in its plan to reopen borders, Pooja Sundar writes.

NATO is set to tell its military commanders to draw up plans for new ways to deter Russia following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, including more troops and missile defences in eastern Europe…

The government's Three Waters reforms advertising campaign has been labelled a "missed opportunity" by Tauranga City Council commission chair Anne Tolley.

Formula One starts a new season in Bahrain this weekend with the biggest technical rule change in decades leaving plenty of questions to be answered.

In today's sports news - Australia roll on at World Cup, Russia remains banned from UEFA football and Pakistan holding on against Australia.

The government today outlines its plan for a fast-tracked border reopening, and will soon decide what happens to vaccine passes and mandates after the Omicron peak.

Parliament has passed historic legislation to impose sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine, but how do they actually work?

The US, UK and EU have imposed unprecedented financial penalties on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, and hundreds of companies have left the country.