Browsing: New Zealand
By Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com A Christchurch High Court jury has found 33‑year‑old Hayden Tasker guilty of murdering Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming,…
By Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com New Zealand’s science community is bracing for a bleak Budget, with senior researchers warning that the country’s…
By Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com NZ First leader Winston Peters has unveiled one of his boldest economic pitches yet: buying back the…
OPINION: Gary Judd, KC. A Constitutional Trojan Horse: advancing change through political stealth Trade Minister Hon Todd McClay has announced…
By Mike Bain/cvnznews.com ACT leader David Seymour is claiming credit for what he calls a “major step” toward clearer and…
By Mike Bain/cvnznews.com After a week of criticism that the Government is “not doing enough” on social support, homelessness, and…
Image: Parafed Bay of Plenty board members Neil Cudby, Bryce McFall and Amanda Lowry, gearing up for the upcoming Healthvision Festival of Disability Sport. By…
By Mike Bain/cvnznews.com The Government is pressing ahead with new police “move‑on” powers despite warnings from its own agencies that…
By Mike Bain/cvnznews.com Most Kiwis don’t spend much time thinking about the Korean Peninsula, but right now a group of…
By Mike Bain/cvnznews.com If you’ve been out and about lately, you’ve probably felt it — the cafés a bit busier,…
Supplied By SNAP Aotearoa New Zealand Wellington Archbishop Paul Martin recently encouraged New Zealand Catholicsto contribute more actively to parish life and…
By Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com. The small Pacific country Nauru is preparing for one of the most significant identity changes in its…
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…