Taupo's newly elected mayor has told local residents that he might have to skip art gallery openings, cocktail parties and marae visits in his community, not because he isn't interested, but because ...

Mexico is one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists, according to Reporters Without Borders.

A case study in the New Zealand Medical Journal (NZMJ) said surgeons at Tauranga Hospital had to remove part of the boy's ...

Labour first started working on a blueprint for a capital gains tax under David Lange, but it was scrapped after Labour's 1990 election defeat. Fast forward to 2019 when Jacinda Ardern ruled out ...

Labour has announced it will campaign on a capital gains tax at next year's election. The tax will apply to commercial and residential properties -excluding the family home and farms - the revenue ...

A round-up of sports news in brief from around the region, including Samoa's FIFA under-17 World Cup campaign coming to an ...

A Southland farmer says fixing the damage to his business alone will cost more than what the government has stumped up for ...

Suzanne Young believes Ross Appelgren murdered her husband, but doesn't think she's had the whole story: "I want answers." ...

The organisers describe the gathering as a tikanga-led stand for cultural wellbeing, mana wāhine, rangatahi, workers' rights, ...

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The public would like less money spent on drug law enforcement and more on prevention, treatment and harm reduction according to new research. Dr Rose Crossin, the study's author spoke to Tuwhenuaroa ...

The royal and his ex wife Sarah Ferguson have been labelled 'hypocrites' over their connection to Jeffrey Epstein ...