Japan’s conservative prime minister Sanae Takaichi has won a landslide victory after she gambled on a high-stakes snap election. Takaichi, who took office in October after being elected leader of the ...

A damning review of the Teaching Council says the agency has lost focus on its core function of safeguarding children and needs transformative change to ensure it is meeting critical regulatory ...

The October sentencing of Daytona Thompson in the High Court at New Plymouth has reignited debate about how New Zealand responds to single-punch killings. Thompson fatally struck Daniel Nganeko ...

I had the privilege of attending a Bill Bryson event in Auckland on Thursday evening.While I had laughed at many of his travel books, he made the greatest impression on me - as a teacher of Science ...

Transmission Gully motorists will be able to travel at a new 110kph speed limit between Wellington and the Kāpiti Coast. The new speed limit will take effect from 12.01am on Monday. The new higher ...

Wellington mayor Andrew Little has given a personal pledge to bring down the city’s commercial rates differential but doesn’t yet know if he has the council backing he will need. Shouldn't be hard.

February 14, 2026 8:00am by Kokila Patel General Debate 14 February 2026 ...

The Australian Liberal Party has just rolled leader Sussan Ley, and replaced her with Angus Taylor. Ley was in the moderate faction and Taylor in the National Right or conservative faction. The ...

Labour MP Cushla Tangaere-Manuel is suggesting her party will work with Te Pāti Māori “when they sort their issues out”. It follows Labour’s Māori caucus co-chairman Willie Jackson telling a Waitangi ...

With a fiery show outside Parliament, politicians heard how “discriminatory” immigration rules mean Pacific Islanders are being blocked from attending funerals, graduations, and other important events ...

The Government’s flagship regional development body has more than half of its loan book flagged as at risk after recording a surge in impairment write-offs over the past year. Crown Regional Holdings ...