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Number of businesses seeking help to downsize doubles as unemployment grows

An advocate says businesses are hurting and are reluctantly having to lay off workers.

'Not good enough': Defence Force staff left stranded in Antarctica for a month

A series of aircraft breakdowns and bad weather left 12 personnel stranded with a rapidly closing window to get out before winter.

State Highway 6 reopens after truck carrying hazardous chemicals crashes

The highway at Hira has reopened after a truck went off the road and hit a barrier.

Person threatened with machete before gunshot outside Wellington Hospital

Police are yet to find those involved in the altercation which saw parts of Wellington Hospital locked down.

Search resumes for two missing fisherman in Northland

The two men were fishing off rocks in Taiharuru but failed to come home.

Over $300K spent on slushy syrup and maintaining machines for prison staff

Corrections has spent over $305,000 on slushy syrup and maintaining frozen ice machines in the past six years.

Work on almost-completed cycleway paused as arguments rage

"This is crazy. How did this get through council?": A cars versus bikes battle continues to rage over a busy city road.

Hawke's Bay's Wairoa Star to close after more than 100 years

The final edition of the Wairoa Star goes on sale today with the newspaper closing just over 100 years since it began publishing.

Woman charged after alleged fake 111 call

The 29-year-old allegedly told police there had been a firearms incident - but when officers got to the scene, they realised it was fake.

Green MP Julie Anne Genter apologises for 'intimidating' actions in Parliament

Julie Anne Genter rose from her seat and walked across the chamber to confront a National MP.

Whanganui council considers $55 million four-star hotel

A council proposal to build a $55 million four-star hotel and carpark is dividing opinion in Whanganui.

'Unreliable' home dialysis machines a constant worry for rural family

"They should be condemned, the lot of them. They fault constantly," says the mother of preschooler Harper Cromie.

Te Pūkenga's only profitable division records drop in numbers

The number of apprentices and other on-job learners in the system dropped by 16,000 in a year, but enrolments in Te Pūkenga's loss-making polytechnics have grown.

Call for health star ratings to be made mandatory

It has been around for 10 years and yet it failed a recent assessment.

Winners of Prime Minister's 2024 science prizes announced

The team behind research that has saved up to 450 lives since 1995 has taken out the PM's top science prize.

Firearm discharged outside Wellington Hospital

Police say Wellington Hospital is no longer in lockdown after a gun was fired outside the main entrance this evening

End of public transport subsidies adds to cost of living crisis, advocates say

Campaigners say the extra cost will affect families and young people already struggling with the cost of living.

Disability rights advocate Sir Robert Martin dies

Sir Robert spent more than 30 years advocating for the rights of disabled New Zealanders.

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