The Latest Breaking News from NZ

2022 has been the year of reckoning: Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine, central banks hiking interest rates at the fastest rate in almost 40 years, the implosion of the crypto space , and the year the tech stocks tanked.

Poor decision-making this year by autocratic leaders has led to greater instability in their political systems, impacting New Zealand’s external environment. While we cannot control the weaknesses in other countries’ political systems, Nicholas Khoo argues it is time to ask some tough questions.

Six years on from the report revealing the dire state of women's cricket in NZ, an update shows the game to be much healthier - but with still much work to do to achieve equity, Suzanne McFadden writes.

Dirty money, literally and figuratively, is at the centre of a lawsuit focusing on SkyCity Adelaide, reports Andrew Bevin

As Ukraine's president reminds the New Zealand Parliament of the two countries' tragic ties, the parents of a man shot down in Flight MH17 plead for peace, not weapons.

Although it has yet to begin work, the first finding of the forthcoming royal commission into New Zealand’s COVID-19 response has probably just been written by Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier.

Action on NZ's backlog of infrastructure needs will require open minds on private and public financing, and active partnerships able to deliver at pace

New Zealand is promising fast-tracked residency to nurses, doctors and midwives as it attempts to lure workers.

The pioneering example of Māori and Pacific Islanders, with service models such as Whānau Ora, shows a way forward to improve the health system for Asian communities in NZ, writes Denzel Chung