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Peter Coaldrake’s report to Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Let the Sunshine In, is a clear and frank assessment of culture and accountability in the Queensland public sector today. With one exception, it also offers refreshing guidance to jurisdictions across Australia showing signs of complacency about integrity.

NZ PM Jacinda Ardern and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews have discussed drawing on the Australian state's infrastructure expertise during talks in Melbourne.

A complaint against Creative New Zealand funding is upheld

Is Jacinda Ardern's invite to a prestigious alliance summit a sign of NZ being drawn into war - or a chance to find new friends?

Beekeepers within 50 kilometres of the port are being told not to move or tamper with their hives as a pest that saw hived bees in the US drop by about 30 per cent and NZ native bees by 90 per cent arrives.

Has our neighbour recognised that the threat to its security is of greater significance than protecting its economic interests?

This week marks five years since The Conversation launched in Aotearoa New Zealand. In that time, researchers from NZ universities have attracted more than 50 million unique views of 1,300 Conversation articles.

NZ-born Sean Davison had a stash of fake and duplicate passports ready so he could avoid a lengthy jail sentence for aiding the suicides of three severely disabled men.

The NZ First fraud trial hears why an ex president quit after refusing to sign off accounts, citing party practices that were against his moral and business values