The Latest Breaking News from Aotearoa

With Aotearoa New Zealand’s move into phase 3 of its response to the Omicron outbreak, new definitions and protocols for testing and isolation will mean new ways of measuring the impact of COVID-19.

Forget the 'freedom' protest – we should be addressing institutional racism, Māori autonomy and systemic poverty, writes Ian Hyslop.

Countering social media's power to target misinformation should be the first order of business as Aotearoa emerges from the pandemic, writes Nicholas Agar.

A tribute to the great New Zealand literary translator Geraldine Harcourt, who created an "unfathomable kind of magic".

New Zealand is a safer place for women than many Latin American countries, but there is still much work to do until we can call Aotearoa a place free of violence against women.

Allan Ramsay looks back on his 31 years away from Aotearoa, finally finding it was the call of te ao Māori that drew him home.

Within a month of the first community exposure to Omicron in Aotearoa New Zealand, the variant has already become the dominant strain of COVID-19.

We want to hear from readers in Aotearoa about how rising inflation is affecting them and how they are dealing with it

We would like to hear from readers in Aotearoa about how they’re dealing with tighter restrictions and preparing for a surge in Covid cases