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By Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com Kiwis who use mobile phones should be careful when scanning QR codes. Scammers are increasingly targeting phones…
OPINION: Dr Muriel Newman. The recent appointment of ten unelected iwi representatives with full voting rights onto a Council Committee of…
By Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Prime Minister Christopher Luxon today outlined the need to secure New Zealand’s future in an increasingly volatile…
By Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Patients in the King Country will now be able to access cancer treatment closer to home, with…
by Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com New Zealand’s petroleum sector is showing its strongest signs of revival in years, with a fourth exploration…
OPINION: Zoran Rakovic. New Zealand’s slowdown isn’t just inflation or rates. It’s deferred maintenance. Why households are cutting back -…
OPINION: Michael Swanson. Are most parties a little bit populist now? As New Zealand heads into the 2026 general election,…
By Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com Health New Zealand says measles is now likely circulating in the Wellington region, after confirming a fourth…
by Mike Bain/cvnznews.com. The Marist Brothers in Aotearoa New Zealand have issued a formal and unreserved apology to survivors of…
OPINION: MickeySavage This is a bit of a slow burner of an issue and relates back to the time that…
By Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Te Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa‑Kingi has confirmed she is leaving Te Pāti Māori and will contest…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com According to the Public Service Association (PSA), new survey findings show more than one in four public service…
OPINION: Ashley Church. Why are voters really abandoning traditional political parties? Election results, last week, confirmed a trend that seems…
By Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com Age Concern Auckland says it is seeing a sharp rise in financially motivated elder abuse as the…
Source: RNZ/Country Life podcast. When Blair Coates’ parents took a skinny dip in the river running through the family farm…
By Mike Bain/cvnznews.com The sudden enthusiasm among some commentators for a Labour–National “Grand Coalition” is being sold as a pragmatic…
OPINION: Lindsay Mitchell. Immigration Minister, Erica Stanford, criticizing ACT’s proposed levy on immigrant workers, said it will fall to farmers…
By Mike Bain/cvnznews.com A political idea once considered unthinkable — a Labour–National “Grand Coalition” — is suddenly being floated as…
By Michael Swanson Should Labour extend an olive branch to The Opportunity Party? There’s a pretty strong case for such…
By Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Kiwi motorists just got a rare win at the pump. The Commerce Commission has officially approved the…
OPINION: Ashley Church. Yesterday I pulled into a major-brand service station to fill the tank in my car. (and yes,…
By Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com The Government has launched what it calls the most significant overhaul of New Zealand’s conservation laws in…
Opinion: Ani O’Brien The sudden enthusiasm for a “Grand Coalition” between the New Zealand Labour Party and New Zealand National Party is…
Opinion: John Bowie, LawFuel publisher It takes a certain perverted genius for the state broadcaster to threaten to sue a…
By Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com A new poll shows overwhelming farmer support for requiring imported pork and other animal products to meet…
By Mike Bain/cvnznews.com The Government has confirmed it will disestablish the Broadcasting Standards Authority, calling the 35‑year‑old regulator unfit for…
by Mike Bain/cvnznews.com Another trusted figure in New Zealand’s clergy has been unmasked for historic sexual offending, reinforcing a painful…
By Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Interislander freight customers are being hit with a steep jump in fuel charges, with KiwiRail confirming its…
By Shaun Brooker. If I were to ask you, which education sector would you expect to see the highest sense…
Opinion: Lindsay Mitchell. For the last four years, the Ministry of Social Development, the main agency for the Wage Subsidy…
By Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com ACT is sharpening its case for a dedicated overstayer enforcement unit, after senior Labour MP Phil Twyford…
By Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com The Government has announced $56.6 million in major school redevelopments, describing it as further good news for…
by Mike Bain/cvnznews.com The name of Jesus did ring through Auckland’s CBD on Saturday — not with the roar of…
By Mike Bain/cvnznews.com ACT’s six‑point immigration package would tighten deportation rules, add a $6‑a‑day surcharge on temporary work visas and…
EDITORIAL: Mike Bain The story is simple and brutal. God declared Jericho’s plunder devoted to the Lord; it was not…
In brief The bigger question NZ First has drawn the line. Winston Peters has unequivocally ruled out forming any kind…
By Mike Bain/cvnznews.com President Donald Trump urged other nations in mid‑March 2026 to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, prompting…
The Māori branch of the Anglican Church has named Susan Wallace as bishop-elect of Te Hui Amorangi ki Te Waipounamu…
by Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com The Government has moved on two fronts this week, and both point to the same uncomfortable truth:…
By Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com Supporters of an upcoming exhibition of eucharistic miracles and the visit of a relic of one of…