Browsing: New Zealand
OPINION: Dr. Christopher Longhurst KSO The New Zealand Catholic Church’s Safeguarding Guidelines clearly establish a structure in which the Church’s…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com New Zealand’s economic engine is finally humming again, and the latest tourism numbers prove it. June’s international visitor…
OPINION: Ani O’Brien Forget “a week’s a long time”. A day is an eternity in politics. And yet consequences can arrive…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Richie Mo’unga has been recalled to the New Zealand All Blacks after a three-year after absence as an…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com Hawke’s Bay got a rare win this week — the kind that reminds New Zealanders the health system…
Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com New Zealand’s long‑running attendance crisis has finally produced a bright spot — and for once, it’s not spin,…
OPINION: Natalia Albert Back in April I wrote that Luxon likely wouldn’t make it to November as National’s leader, while…
EDITORIAL: Sixteen years after the earthquakes reshaped Christchurch, the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch has unveiled its $80 million plan for…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Christopher Luxon didn’t leave the caucus room at midday — he owned it. The place had that classic…
Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com Retirement village reform has become the quiet earthquake rumbling beneath New Zealand’s ageing landscape. With more than 53,000…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com By the time New Zealand finishes its morning coffee, the National Party may have decided whether Christopher Luxon…
OPINION: Ani O’Brien. A plan for a very different New Zealand The campaign policies of the Green Party of Aotearoa…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Christopher Luxon walked through Wellington Airport today and refused to answer a single question — not one —…
Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com How is this still happening in New Zealand? A major new study has revealed that one‑third of people…
Ashley Church This is a reprint of an article that I recently published on KiwiBlog. It’s quite long – but…
OPINION: Michael Swanson With the election drawing closer, one of the quieter but genuinely consequential questions hanging over the new…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com New Zealanders have long prided themselves on fairness and the rule of law — but a growing chorus…
AP/Associated Press An Australian air crew flew an American from an Antarctic base to a New Zealand hospital in a rare midwinter…
OPINION: Bryce Wilkinson. Last month, the Ministry of Social Development released the latest of its excellent statistical reports documenting the…
Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com New Zealand’s dog control system just got a long‑overdue tune‑up — and according to the SPCA, it’s about…
The Coalition’s proposed shakeup of local government is well underway. Time is now running out for councils to decide on…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com The Coalition is hanging on like a possum on a powerline, Labour’s numbers have fallen through a drain…
EDITORIAL: Mike Bain. By mid‑morning on Thursday, the media had Luxon pegged as a man ready to torch MMP, rewrite…
OPINION: Michael Swanson When the polls closed on election night in 2023, Labour had been reduced from a governing majority…
Editors Note: A debate over accountability and editorial judgement — Dr Christopher Longhurst’s latest opinion piece examines how institutions communicate…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com The Conservative Party has released a comprehensive child‑protection policy package, with leader Helen Houghton saying New Zealand must…
OPINION: Lindsay Mitchell. For those of us who take an interest in child welfare and listen to various media outlets,…
Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com A 49‑year‑old man has been charged with 14 offences after a violent early‑morning rampage through Auckland’s Epsom that…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com A Waikato father who filmed himself sexually abusing his five‑year‑old daughter — then exported the material to a…
Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com As Tauranga heads toward mid‑week, the region’s most iconic landmark remains off‑limits — and according to the iwi…
Kyle Evans/ABC News Two New Zealand men stranded on Solomon Islands’ highest mountain have been rescued. Keanu Isaksson, 25, and…
A retired Salvation Army pastor has finished walking the length of New Zealand to raise money for foodbanks and help…
OPINION: Bruce Cotterill. There once was a young woman. She had long dark hair and a nice smile. She was…
OPINION: Michael Swanson. Anyone who has watched New Zealand politics over the past few weeks will have noticed something about…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com Te Pāti Māori is demanding urgent answers after two separate system failures disrupted enrolments onto the Māori roll…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com New Zealand has spent years chasing a free‑trade agreement with India — a relationship successive governments have described…
Mike Bain and Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com “One of the biggest blessings in my motherhood journey has been our Plunket nurse.” —…
OPINION: Mike Bain Ray Davies, frontman of The Kinks, once sang about a “mixed‑up muddled up shook‑up world” in Lola.…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Drag queens suing Brian Tamaki and Destiny Church for defamation claim the church is withholding key private messages…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com A new, centrist Uncommitted Movement has emerged Except this time it’s in support of genocide, rather than trying…