The Government's roading policy supports using tolls as an additional source of revenue to help build and maintain roads, with the national transport agency... Read More

Government moves to restrict large-scale farm-to-forestry conversions have been welcomed by Federated Farmers. Rotorua-Taupo branch president Braydon Schroder... Read More

Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell, Police Minister Mark Mitchell, area commander Inspector Herby Ngawhika, Bay of Plenty District Commander Superintendent Tim Anderson,... Read More

Immigration New Zealand has received nearly 300 offshore visa applications from Israeli, Palestinian and Iranian nationals since 1 June 2025. It follows the... Read More

Contempt over the cost-of-living crunch, vilification of the media from an unlikely source, and bickering about burglaries. That's all in the last couple... Read More

Earlier this week semaglutide drugs Ozempic and Wegovy were made available for prescription in New Zealand. Semaglutide originally arrived on the market in... Read More

Schoolboy campaigner Jack Karetai-Barrett has reached Whanganui on his quest to push the case for Māori wards. The 15-year-old is cycling to Wellington... Read More

The Royal New Zealand Air Force has established its first dedicated space unit, within a squadron that hasn't been active since World War II. The No.... Read More

Katikati College Year 12 student Kyla Allen-Boyd this week swapped the classroom for the Beehive after being selected as a Youth Press Gallery member for 2025. The... Read More

A pensioner living in a leaky caravan with no power for six years now has a new home to call his own. Steven Connelly, 67, moved into his home at the new... Read More

The maximum length of time someone can be trespassed from a business, as well as the maximum fines, are set to increase, under proposed changes announced by... Read More

The Western Bay of Plenty is one step closer to a sought-after regional deal to help deliver 40,000 more homes and 35,000 new jobs. The Government signed... Read More