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Today marks the first day of Earth Sciences New Zealand and the start of a new era for science.

Today marks the start of a new era for Watercare and its customers as the company becomes financially separate from Auckland ...

New Zealanders can now access trusted primary healthcare around the clock, no matter where they are in the country, Health Minister Simeon Brown says. “A new 24/7 digital health service, launched ...

Police are formally releasing the name of the man who died in a fatal crash in Manurewa on Friday, 27 June. Today, he can be named as Iu Toalua, aged 45, of Auckland. Police extend our condolences to ...

Afghanistan, already grappling with economic collapse and chronic humanitarian crisis, is unprepared to absorb such large-scale returns. The 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan calls for $2.42 ...

“The Ministry of Justice’s latest 10-year forecast says the number of sentenced criminals in prison will rise one-third by 2035. Almost 2,000 more hardened criminals will be held behind bars instead ...

Elisa Morgera, the UN special rapporteur on human rights and climate change, also presented her latest report, which calls for “defossilization” of economies. Phasing out fossil fuels, she said, is ...

More than two in three adults and nearly one-third of children in New Zealand live with obesity or are overweight. This puts a major strain on the health system and can lead to serious health problems ...

As New Zealanders increasingly treat their pets as cherished family members, demand for premium pet food is rising sharply.

Greenpeace activists paint "ocean killer" on the hull of Sealord’s Ocean Dawn while it was bottom trawling in the Chatham ...

The ceasefire between Israel and Iran captivated market attention last week. Risk appetite returned, and oil prices are back trading at levels seen prior to the conflict. We may have avoided a spike ...