The Latest Breaking News from NZ

Finland's example suggests whichever party leads NZ's next government, innovation should be at the top of their agenda, writes Rod McNaughton

Jacinda Ardern may have been increasingly unpopular with businesses in New Zealand, but international trade relations experts say we've benefitted from her status abroad.

Tyler Harvey has been the hero in Auckland against the NZ Breakers with a three-point dagger which brought to a close the Hawks' 45-day winless drought.

As food prices soar a near record 11.3 percent today, there's a new outcrop of inflation looming, Jonathan Milne reports. NZ and the world now face a hard landing in which millions may lose their livelihoods.

A pledge that developing countries won’t wear the costs of ships going green will this year go before the International Maritime Organization. 

The homeware retailer writes to 500 staff and 'hundreds of thousands' of customers to reassure them it's not impacted by US namesake's threatened bankruptcy. Jonathan Milne reports.

Tokyo’s dramatic and hawkish turn towards defence in the face of China's growing influence is likely to have ramifications for New Zealand. Geoffrey Miller explains. 

The Breakers confirmed their NBL title credentials after surviving a late scare from the 36ers.

Hanging out at the beach, body surfing, boogie boarding or just cooling off in frothy waves under a hot sun are all part of a typical Kiwi summer.

Should NZ rely on its own water infrastructure model? Should we give future generations a local pūkeko or an imported partridge? Credit agencies are watching like hawks.

There were nearly 300 water engineer positions advertised on recruitment website Seek last month. The high demand for these specialist engineers bodes ill for the government’s Three Waters reform, which will rely heavily on experts the country currently doesn’t have in the required numbers.