As monumental and consequential as Trump’s 2nd term policies and Cabinet picks are, and the scope and pace of the initial Executive Orders are a stark reminder of how much Trump wants to get done and ...

The “doomsday clock” symbolising how close humanity is to destruction ticked one second closer to midnight Tuesday as concerns on nuclear war, climate and public health were jolted by US President ...

Labour’s Jan Tinetti’s attempt to criticise the Government’s free school lunch programme has backfired after she laid into a burger made when her party was in power. An online video, shared to Labour ...

The 67 deaths from the crash between a plane and a military helicopter in Washington DC is a terrible loss of life, and has a huge impact on perceptions of air safety. Some air accidents are not ...

The Trump administration announced that it is offering buyouts to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by next week — an unprecedented move to shrink the US government at breakneck speed.

The tenants of two Kāinga Ora homes in Porirua have been ousted after failing to pay the rent, as the public housing landlord implements a harder line on breaches of tenancy agreements. Kāinga Ora ...

When Don Brash was Governor of the Reserve Bank, it turned out he would do his own laundry while travelling, to save the Reserve Bank money. He always saw whatever they spent, as ultimately being ...

A young wahine Māori is hoping to integrate te ao Māori into her business one slice at a time after becoming a Pizza Hut franchisee at just 22 years old. Caitlyn Lewin (Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri and ...

A left-leaning Christchurch political event has come under fire for using Christchurch City Council and Environment Canterbury (ECan) logos to solicit donations for a local Green Party campaign. The ...

News media went for Simeon Brown with the cheap shot that his appointment as Health Minister meant getting an abortion could be threatened. The media posse at the National Party caucus retreat this we ...

I don;’t understand how the Reserve Bank is exempt from the restraint that applies to the rest of the public sector agencies. For 10 years the Bank ran well with around 250 staff and now it has almost ...