Browsing: New Zealand
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…
OPINION: Don Brash There is an old political lesson which Christopher Luxon and the National Party would do well to…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com Now that the report is in, it’s time to see some action. That was the message from Regulation…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com The Government has delivered a major overhaul of New Zealand’s leave entitlements system, with the Employment Leave Bill…
EDITORIAL: Mike Bain/cvnznews.com Australia and Vanuatu have signed what’s being called a landmark security and development pact — the Nakamal…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com New Zealand has issued its first new offshore petroleum exploration permit in six years — a milestone Resources…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com New Zealand’s largest provider of early‑childhood health support says mothers and newborns are missing out on essential care…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com If you’re hunting for work in 2026, one uncomfortable question is starting to surface: are you living in…
Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com The Government has extended the deadline for the final report into one of New Zealand’s most troubling recent…
OPINION: Maurice Williamson Imagine you’d decided to leave the car at home and make the shift to public transport. After…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Conservative Party leader Helen Houghton has confirmed she will contest the Tāmaki electorate in the upcoming General Election,…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com For years, New Zealand’s health system has been defined by a familiar tension: world‑class clinicians working inside ageing…
Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com New Zealand is on track to record more than 100 drowning deaths in 2026 — a milestone the…
EDITORIAL: Mike Bain/cvnznews.com For generations, New Zealanders have treated Australia like the big, shiny escape hatch — a place where…
OPINION: Michael Swanson Every sitting day in the New Zealand Parliament, when a contested vote is called, MPs do not…
OPINION: Roger Partridge. The exercise has many names – privilege walk, power line, power walk – and a well-documented lineage.…
OPINION: Michael Swanson I asked AI to model the 2026 General Election Last Friday night, when I was sat on…
Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com Two North Island churches have been left shaken after the theft of treasured religious items in separate incidents…
Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com A member’s bill aiming to make the reporting of child abuse mandatory has been drawn from Parliament’s biscuit…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com Stuart Nash didn’t just trip over his own tongue — he detonated his political prospects in full public…
Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com Despite high fuel prices, being forced to eat school lunches, and a tough winter term, Kiwi students turned…
Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com Two years after the Abuse in Care Royal Commission delivered its landmark report, survivors say the Government’s slow…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com Quick take: Senior National MP Chris Bishop says it is “highly unlikely” he would hold Hutt South if…
Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com Finance Minister defends targeted support as economists warn fuel-driven inflation won’t ease until global tensions cool. New Zealand’s…
Mike Bain/cvnznews.com The final report of the Public Inquiry into the disappearance of the Phillips children has been formally delivered…