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It’s that time of year when school and university students eagerly (or nervously) await their end-of-year results – but also an opportunity to see where the country in general might have passed or failed.

As Aotearoa’s technology industry grapples with a digital skills shortage, our biggest telco and digital services company is using Artificial Intelligence to create opportunities for its employees. Diana Dobson reports | Content partnership

How many people survived the deadly eruption of the Whakaari volcano? The story of the tragic event has been recalled in a new Netflix documentary

Move is expected to help clear backlog of about 11,500 applications and could ease process for up to 300,000 Kiwis

Wales coach Gatland says Borthwick must surround himself with a backroom team he trusts and sticks with

Agriculture accounts for about half of New Zealand's exports. The nation is the largest dairy exporter in the world. But farmers are warning that could change if the government adopts a planned tax on the burps, farts, and excrement of cattle. Government officials said the tax is part of their…

With summer here, families and tourists will flock to New Zealand’s beaches, rivers and lakes to paddle, swim, surf, fish, boat and kayak. But despite our love of the water, New Zealanders have a terrible record of drowning deaths.

New Zealand’s third wave of COVID infections will likely reach its peak during the holiday period and stretch well into 2023.

Globally and locally there’s uncertainty in the commercial real estate sector. Interest rates and inflation are rising, and organisations are still working out what their offices will look like in a post-Covid world. BNZ’s Phil Bennett ponders seven likely trends for 2023 | Content partnership

Derivatives and shorting are a lesser-understood tool getting more shine in the current bear market.

As ministers "pare back" their policy reforms over the summer, advocates say a modern slavery law must stay a priority.