Browsing: New Zealand
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…
OPINION: Rodney Hide. TVNZ Political Editor Maiki Sherman — the first Māori women to hold the job — repeatedly shouted…
By Mike Bain/cvnznews.com A major new report has raised urgent questions about New Zealand’s standing in the Pacific, revealing that…
By Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com Three‑time Paralympic gold medallist Anna Grimaldi has been selected for the New Zealand Team heading to the…
OPINION: Peter Williams. Any politician who refuses to front on a particular media outlet essentially because he or she is…
By Erin Hale New Zealand’s military said a surveillance aircraft observed what it suspected was North Korea breaking international sanctions in…
By Colin Ambler/cvnznews.com ACT leader David Seymour’s allegation that TVNZ used legal muscle to shut down reporting of an alleged…
by Simon Atkinson and Kelly Ng/BBC News Plans to erect a statue in New Zealand symbolising the so-called comfort women…
by Sarah McMillan/cvnznews.com The Electricity Authority has demanded answers from major power retailers after most companies pushed through price rises…
OPINION: Zoran Rakovic. New Zealanders increasingly shoulder Treaty burdens not theirs to carry—learning Māori rites, obeying Crown guilt, and performing…
by Ani O’Brien Inside the Press Gallery: power, silence, and the accountability gap in New Zealand media On the evening…