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Both the Labour government and the opposition National Party have now released major transport polices that put the emphasis on maintaining and expanding roads.

New legislation requiring tech platforms to bargain with news publishers is different from Canada's law, but an expert says Meta may still bar access to news on its apps in New Zealand

Prime minister Chris Hipkins says Labour now ‘underdogs’ as National gains ground ahead of 14 October election

Aotearoa New Zealand is the latest country to enter the expanding and competitive international space market.

Big policy ideas usually don’t come up in parliamentary valedictory speeches – they’re for saying goodbye and thank you. So departing Labour MP Jamie Strange was the exception last week when he made a case for New Zealand and Australia becoming one country.

New Zealand basketball rep Lauren Whittaker is home after a life-changing experience attending the first women’s Basketball Without Borders camp in the United States. After overcoming a devastating knee injury, Whittaker is even more focused on achieving her dream of playing in the WNBA.

The longlist for maybe the coolest and likely the strangest writers residency award in New Zealand letters has been announced.

If the German foreign minister, who had to cancel her visit to New Zealand last week, had consulted with Chris Hipkins, maybe she would have followed his example and travelled with two planes, writes Dr Oliver Hartwich 

More than 150 artworks – and some of the country’s biggest names – are represented in an exhibition that’s equal parts poignant and powerful