The Latest Breaking News from NZ

Strategy, as the great military thinker Carl von Clausewitz once observed, is the process of effectively applying means to achieve clearly defined ends. But good strategy in global politics has proved easier said than done.

Hannah Wilkinson, athlete and artist, believes the Football Ferns could have created World Cup history by keeping their shape. And she tells Suzanne McFadden about the shape the women’s game is left in, and how she's giving back to NZ. 

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.

Key to any pre-election conversations on large infrastructure projects in Aotearoa is a discussion on the important role of private financing, an open-minded evaluation of the public-private partnership model, and suggestions for how we might improve it | Content Partnership

New Zealand's literary community responds to the shock dismissals at Penguin Random House

Grass and leafy greens are great sources of top-grade protein and way more environmentally friendly than meat or dairy. Scientists say NZ should be taking the lead, reports Nikki Mandow

Winery and warehousing roles are being cut at the winemaker's Māngere estate, reports Andrew Bevin

The days of NZ's biggest global party are almost over - and stadium chiefs' grandest dreams have already been met, writes Merryn Anderson

Today’s release of the threat assessment by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) is the final piece in a defence and security puzzle that marks a genuine shift towards more open and public discussion of these crucial policy areas.

In a major new report, the Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) says "ongoing activity in and against New Zealand" is linked to Chinese intelligence.

New Zealanders have been put on notice that defence and security are among the bigger challenges the country faces this century.