The Greens want to entrench them, others wants to scrap them. Here’s how the Māori electorates work – and why their future may hinge on coalition negotiations.

The Heart of the City chief executive is meant to be luring people into Auckland’s city centre. There's increasing concern that she's doing the opposite.

There was argy-bargy, near-constant shouting, and not much in the way of solutions to the stink buzz permeating Wellington.

Nigeria showed a refreshing alternative to the standard winter gear usually seen during the opening ceremony. Cross-country skier Samuel Uduigowme Ikpefan – the country’s only competitor – wore a sick ...

A new 30-year infrastructure plan is urging fewer mega-roads, more maintenance and a major lift in hospital spending. Will the government listen?

The first time a State of Origin match was broadcast live in New Zealand was in 1989 – the year Luxon started university. It is possible that the future prime minister’s parents let him stay up to ...

The National Infrastructure Plan, released today, sets out a vision for a more efficient, affordable future. But is infrastructure minister Chris Bishop willing to accept that he is part of the ...

The story of why they were there started in October 1728. A boy named James Cook was born in a thatched cottage with mud walls. Two hundred and fifty years later, in 1978, on the same spot, the ...

With half the country knee deep in rainwater and human excrement, yearning for something to lift them from the muck, the prime minister took action. He held an umbrella over a man and said, very ...

Labour has a history of warriors and partnership – that’s undeniable – and it’s also something to stand strong on. What it needs now is to focus on connecting with the future. A new generation is ...

KidsCan is providing kai, jackets, shoes and other essential items to over 1000 schools and 500 early childhood education centres across New Zealand.

The Opportunity Party will more than double the number of candidates it runs in this year’s general election, and its new leader, Qiulae Wong, will stand in Mt Albert. General manager Iain ...