An animated map of every railway line New Zealand opened since 1863 and every one it closed, from the 5,689 km peak of 1953 to the City Rail Link.

Nicola Willis says National will campaign on bracket creep and a bigger R&D tax credit, with detail due after Treasury opens the books on 29 September.

Auckland's yellow-legged hornet hunt steps up for spring. No hornets have been seen since April, but any queens that survived winter could now start new nests.

ACT would freeze the $23.95 adult minimum wage for three years and bring in a $14.37 training wage for under-20s. What it means for young workers and how Labour responded.

Laura Balmer earns a first Silver Ferns call-up and Aliyah Dunn and Te Paea Selby-Rickit return in the squad building towards the 2027 Netball World Cup.

The World Surf League will bring the New Zealand Pro back to Raglan's Manu Bay in 2027, a day after local teen Alani Morse won world junior bronze.

GPs are told to stop routine cognitive tests for healthy older drivers renewing their licence at 75 and 80, after a University of Auckland review found the tests do not predict driving.

REINZ August 2026 figures show Auckland and Wellington homes took a record time to sell while South Island prices rose and most North Island values slipped.

Solar farm builder Lodestone Energy is asking New Zealanders to register interest in a possible NZX float. Its five farms are expected to produce the equivalent of more than a quarter of all solar ...

A prize-winning gardener, her late mother’s roses, a flooded backyard and a Tenancy Tribunal decision that returned every dollar of her bond.

The Post/Freshwater Strategy poll has Labour on 28% and National on 27%. Their combined 55% is well below the lowest share at any MMP election, 62.1% in 1996.

The University of Otago's biggest building, the eight-storey Wai Ora medical campus in Christchurch, opens this week at about twice its 2018 price.