The Latest Breaking News from NZ

New Zealand's Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says COVID-19 cases and daily hospitalisations in Auckland are dropping.

Suffering from fatigue and a loss of fitness after contracting Covid, Silver Fern Shannon Saunders isn't back to her old self, but has still led the Steel to a shock win in the ANZ Premiership

Mark Jennings assesses the short-term political handling of the Government's decision to proceed with creating one public media entity to swallow TVNZ and RNZ

Sales of NZ fiction are dismal. Why, and how to fix it?

Ash Gardner has smashed four sixes in an unbeaten 48 to give Australia the upper hand in the World Cup clash against New Zealand.

Hosts New Zealand failed to cause an upset against the world No 1 Australians in Wellington

The number of people deported after committing offences is set to explode if laws are strengthened, to the dismay of the New Zealand government

The announcement of the government’s decision to merge RNZ and TVNZ into a non-profit “public media entity” was long anticipated but, coming in the second year of Labour’s second term, underwhelming in its lack of detail.

With their daughter, Grace, watching in the stands, White Ferns Amy Satterthwaite and Lea Tahuhu have led NZ to their second victory at the Cricket World Cup.

The Commerce Commission’s much-anticipated review of supermarket competition has itself had mixed reviews. Many felt a major opportunity to reset New Zealand’s food system had been missed, others felt the commission’s final report got it about right – and supermarket owners probably breathed a little easier.

A batting extravaganza, the rise of the international cricketing mum and frustration over tickets – Kristy Havill shares the highlights and lowlights of the CWC22 so far.