Browsing: New Zealand
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Te Tai Tonga MP Tākuta Ferris has confirmed he will stand again in the Māori electorate — this…
Sarah Mc Millan/cvnznews.com Police have launched an investigation after two teenage girls were violently assaulted and robbed by a large…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com National has dumped two taxes it had been actively considering, with party leader Christopher Luxon ruling out both…
Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com ACT has released a policy that affirms New Zealand’s core democratic values, protects property rights, reins in activist…
Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com Labour has launched a fresh economic pitch for Election 2026, promising to grow the economy, return the books…
OPINION: Michael Swanson The Opportunity Party has never been short on ambition, but its 2026 “Tax Reset” is pretty ballsy…
Ashley Church. Could TOPs “free money” policy really work? And is it really ‘evidence based’? In 2004, John Key described…
OPINION: Natalia Albert. My obsession this week has been: how many public houses does New Zealand actually have? And trying…
OPINION: Michael Swanson Every three years, New Zealanders fill in two ticks on their ballot paper. One is a party…
Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com Just months after cvnznews.com exposed the experiences of New Zealand women being told to “just get pregnant” as…
Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com The Government has announced a $1.5 million boost to help Kiwi poultry operators prepare for the possible arrival…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com A former council manager and two associates have been charged by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) over an…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com New Zealand politics is not short on health promises — but it is short on health plans that…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com The Bible speaks plainly about a coming Great Apostasy—a widespread falling away from the faith that will mark…
OPINION: Rodney Hide. There was a moment when Prime Minister Christopher Luxon lost the plot. During the last election campaign…
Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com 38 Years After Cartwright: Women Are Still Being Failed by a Cervical Screening Register Not Fit for Purpose…
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…