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Māori housing and child poverty initiatives are tipped to be among the big-ticket items in tomorrow's budget, a Budget Finance Minister Grant Robertson has sold as the "recovery Budget".Although careful not to give much away,...

A landmark report has mapped out how the world could have a zero-emissions energy sector by 2050 - starting with a halt on new fossil fuel projects and an "immediate and massive" surge in clean tech.A Kiwi climate campaigner has...

There is one new case of Covid-19 in managed isolation and quarantine facilities, one historical case and none in the community today.

Kaitaia Primary School principal Brendon Morrissey has put a stone-cold lunch that arrived two hours late down to "teething issues", after an unimpressed parent approached NZME with her concerns."Our kids went without lunches today;...

Police are investigating after the incident at the Tauranga Netball Centre on Saturday afternoon when two men got into a fight - and it's believed one used a hammer.

This year's Budget won't set aside any funding for a purpose-built facility for a future pandemic or similar emergency event, the Herald understands.Health experts have long pushed for Such a facility at the Air Force site in Ohakea...

Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers continue to trade attacks, as the death toll rises and truce efforts stall.

A Florida politician who emerged as a central figure in the Justice Department's sex trafficking investigation into Republican congressman Matt Gaetz pleaded guilty on Monday to six federal charges and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors...

So far, the New Zealand Government has been remarkably silent about the Gaza-Israel conflict. Geoffrey Miller argues that Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta could be helping mediate for peace. The growing Gaza crisis is testing Nanaia...

A powerful cyclone that emerged in the Arabian Sea has made landfall on India's western coast, hours after authorities evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and suspended Covid-19 vaccinations in one state.Cyclone Tauktae, the...

A staff member at the New Zealand High Commission in New Delhi has died of Covid-19.

OPINION: The Government is taking us back 127 years to 1894 when the Liberal government introduced compulsory arbitration. Centralise and control. This Government's answer to everything. The proposed ...

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says he is aware of the risk outlined by the Auditor-General's review about completing the vaccine roll out on time, however, he is confident they are on track.

New Zealand comes sixth out of 59 destinations in a survey about life and work abroad for expatriates, despite landing in the bottom 10 when it comes to cost of living. The Expat Insider 2021 survey by InterNations showed Aotearoa...

The US is facing its biggest legal fight over abortion rights in decades after a crucial announcement from the Supreme Court today.The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case with massive implications for the country's abortion...

Explainer - Waikato DHB appears to have been hit with a ransomware attack, affecting clinical services. So what is ransomware, and why is it bad? RNZ is here to clear it all up.

Major doubts about whether everyone will be vaccinated for Covid-19 by the end of the year have been raised by the auditor-general.

Yet another group of NSW homeowners is dealing with potentially worthless property and facing a lengthy legal battle after their homes started "sinking" into the ground.Residents in Spring Farm in Sydney's west filed a massive class...

OPINION: A child recently asked me: "Why do you have so many freckles?" She couldn't have been older than 4. Her eyes busily processed every small spot as she drew imaginary lines between them with ...

The first flight from Auckland left with almost 300 people on board to the destination, which has been starved of tourists since the Covid-19 pandemic hit.

Cases of syphilis are exploding across Melbourne's outer suburbs with health officials worried a 220 per cent spike in infections of the sexually transmitted infection among women means an "epidemic is in place".New data compiled...

Wellington artist Katy Cottrell talks about marquetry, embroidery, upcycling and the decline of native timber in Aotearoa.

MMA fighter Israel Adesanya has called for the introduction of "coward punch laws" after a fellow training partner was attacked in the early hours of Sunday morning. The UFC middleweight Champion has ...

President Joe Biden expressed support for a cease-fire between Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas rulers in a call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, but stopped short of demanding an immediate stop to the eight...

By RNZ The struggle to decide Samoa's Government is headed back to court, as both main political parties continue to stand firm on their beliefs following a Supreme Court ruling dismissing a call for a second election.The Supreme...

The only Taranaki council not to establish Māori representation has been criticised again – this time by local iwi.

The hunt is on for two remaining stoats causing havoc on Motutapu Island.

REVIEW: If you can handle a smorgasbord of potentially smutty situations and misplaced bravado, then you'll be rewarded with belly-laughs aplenty.

Waka ama paddlers who train on Gisborne rivers believe they are getting sores, rashes and infections from something in the water.Microbiologist Dr Siouxsie Wiles expects a research project will find links between untreated sewage...

Business owners say commercial contracts are being put at risk by delayed goods, the result of an inability to get shipments into Ports of Auckland.

One of the KiwiSaver providers set to lose its default provider status has up to 60 per cent of its membership at risk. Mercer New Zealand, ultimately owned by NYSE-lister Marsh & McLennan, was one of ...

This year's Budget won't set aside any funding for a purpose-built facility for a future pandemic or similar emergency event, the Herald understands. Health experts have long pushed for Such a facility ...

By Katie Scotcher of RNZ National MPs are all over the place when it comes to race relations, offering differing views on Māori co-governance and targeted funding.Opposition leader Judith Collins has been questioning the...

By Eleisha Foon of RNZ Canterbury businessman Dave Gaughan, who was called out for racist remarks against Māori, is quitting his brewing company. Following an apology to New Zealand last week ...

Dozens more men are suing Ohio State University over its failure to stop sexual abuse and misconduct decades ago by team doctor Richard Strauss.They echo claims filed previously by over 400 men, many of whom allege they were groped...

A landmark report has mapped out how the world could have a zero-emissions energy sector by 2050 - starting with a halt on new fossil fuel projects and an "immediate and massive" surge in clean tech.A Kiwi climate campaigner has...

Migrants have hit back at the government's immigration reset, saying it uses them as a "scapegoat" for problems with housing, infrastructure and worker welfare.

Canterbury businessman Dave Gaughan, who was called out for racist remarks against Māori, is quitting his brewing company.

Traces of methamphetamine were found at the Remuera residence where Pauline Hanna was found dead six weeks ago, the Herald understands. Several sources close to the investigation into Hanna's mysterious ...

President Joe Biden restored a long-standing presidential tradition on Monday by releasing his tax returns, showing that 25.9 per cent of the first couple's income went to the federal government in 2020. The average federal income...

A Dunedin business owner defrauded Customs for six years and underpaid more than $1.3 million in tax.Because of GST refunds, however, 45-year-old Paul Lambert Clarke only benefited by up to $15,000, the Dunedin District Court has...

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A new discovery has marked a turning point in the world's vaccine rollout following fears over dosages going to waste during shipment across the globe.The EU's drug agency on Monday approved the storage of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus...

The Herald has joined forces with World Vision to support India in its fight against the Covid-19 outbreak. We're bringing you stories from the front line and the opportunity to help – every story has a click-through button so you...

Māori housing and child poverty initiatives are tipped to be among the big-ticket items in tomorrow's budget, a Budget Finance Minister Grant Robertson has sold as the "recovery Budget". Although ...

Ever wondered what a Lamborghini made out of cardboard would look like? Well, it is your lucky day. One crafty New Zealander has managed to build a Lamborghini Aventador using just cardboard. After ...

By Eleisha Foon of RNZ Canterbury businessman Dave Gaughan, who was called out for racist remarks against Māori, is quitting his brewing company.Following an apology to New Zealand last week for a social media comment,...

The mayors of the Ashburton and Selwyn districts have confirmed they have not reached out to Judith Collins around the ownership of water as part of the Three Waters' reforms.

A rural Taranaki school in the tax-payer funded school lunch scheme has found success by sticking with a local dairy.

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Traces of methamphetamine were found at the Remuera residence where Pauline Hanna was found dead six weeks ago, the Herald understands.Several sources close to the investigation into Hanna's mysterious death said that traces of...

Bosses at global company James Hardie knew their products could face damaging public revelations in New Zealand, a leaky homeowners' group lawyer says.The James Hardie group of companies denies claims which hundreds of homeowners...

A school bus and car have collided head-on near Queenstown as the region is hampered by wintry conditions.

The journalist likes to write at night with an online collective and is renovating an old working-man’s hut into a writer’s box.

A man has died after he was mauled by a shark on the NSW mid north coast.The man, believed to be in his 50s, was attacked by the shark while surfing just after 11am Tuesday at Tuncurry Beach, near Forster.He was in a critical...

In a situation labelled "mayhem", staff have been told the outage to phones and computers across five Waikato hospitals could take days to fix.

OPINION: If we aren’t careful, our dissatisfying days turn into dissatisfying years or burnout - but it doesn't have to be that way.

Although Covid-19 threatened to decimate his business almost overnight, animation pioneer Sir Ian Taylor says world-first technology and a lower carbon footprint was the long-term result. Jane Phare reports ...

OPINION: However sentimental we may be about animals, they are never sentimental about us.

OPINION: It was always going to happen. Over recent decades, whenever the National Party is in big political trouble in Opposition, it reaches deep and pulls out some version of the race card. This ...

The Israeli military unleashed another heavy wave of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Monday, saying it destroyed militant tunnels and the homes of nine Hamas commanders. International diplomacy to end the week-long war that has...

A person has died following a crash between a car and a pedestrian in the Lower Hutt suburb of Belmont.The incident occurred on State Highway 2, Western Hutt Road near Grounsell Crescent.The person died at the scene.Police were...

Kaitaia Primary School principal Brendon Morrissey has put a stone-cold lunch that arrived two hours late down to "teething issues", after an unimpressed parent approached NZME with her concerns. "Our ...

By Katie Todd of RNZ Migrants have hit back at the Government's immigration reset, saying it uses them as a "scapegoat" for problems with housing, infrastructure and worker welfare.The Government has signalled cuts to the number...

OPINION: We need a plan so that if Covid resurges or the next pandemic hits, the country knows how it will support the economy during the public health response. The Independent Panel for Pandemic ...

Clinical services across all Waikato public hospitals have been seriously affected by a cyber security incident with all phones and computers down.

Now a push is underway to save the building as a community facility.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has labelled an ugly incident in a London neighbourhood linked to the current Israel-Palestine crisis as "shameful racism".A disturbing video showed a group of men in cars shouting abuse at passers-by...

The Israeli military has unleashed a wave of heavy airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, saying it destroyed 15km of militant tunnels and the homes of nine Hamas commanders.Residents of Gaza awakened by the overnight barrage described it...

The supervisor of three police facing manslaughter charges after a man died in custody says if people are heavily intoxicated they are sometimes taken straight to hospital.

Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder famously dated—and split—during the run of The Vampire Diaries. Now, their former co-star Claire Holt is praising them for how they handled their on-set romance.

Tapping into water concern It is good to see Auckland Mayor Phil Goff (NZ Herald, May 17) calling out the threat of water privatisation unless the Government gets the planned water reforms right. Water privatisation overseas has...

MMA fighter Israel Adesanya has called for the introduction of "coward punch laws" after a fellow training partner was attacked in the early hours of Sunday morning.The UFC middleweight Champion has called for legal changes after...

REVIEW: Only a mild curiosity to find out how it was all going to end kept me interested at all.

The fate of two rural Manawatū settlements will soon be known, as the Local Government Commission meets this week to decide whether to change their council boundary line.

The Panasonic midfielder's career only took off when he left NZ but he now views European Cup club rugby as a better experience than Super Rugby.

OPINION: The attack at a Countdown in Dunedin has led to questions about the responsibility of employers to ensure the health and safety of their employees.

Countdown has been called to act on security, as more than 70 per cent of union members report experiencing aggression from customers. First Union met with Countdown senior managers yesterday to discuss ...

REVIEW: It says a lot that the most high-profile biopic of a Civil Rights-era figure in cinemas for years should focus on the actions of a white ally.

A person has died following a crash between a car and a pedestrian in the Lower Hutt suburb of Belmont. The incident occurred on State Highway 2, Western Hutt Road near Grounsell Crescent. The person ...

In a programme that is unique to Taranaki 20 Automated External Defibrillators have been delivered around the maunga, bringing the total donated to 128.

A UK police officer has been hauled before a disciplinary court accused of a string of sexual misconduct offences against a female colleague - including stirring her cup of tea with his genitals.Sussex Police Constable Steven Green...

Auckland homeowners can expect a "bombshell" rise in their council valuations when city-wide revaluations are released later this year, a property lawyer says. City house prices have soared 35 per cent ...

Countdown has been called to act on security, as more than 70 per cent of union members report experiencing aggression from customers.First Union met with Countdown senior managers yesterday to discuss security concerns, including...

Good news ... go on read about it Nearly 59 million hectares of forests — an area larger than mainland France — have regrown since 2000. According to a study published by Trillion Trees, this newly ...

An Australian woman poured a pot of boiling water on her sleeping husband because he wanted to end their marriage, a court has heard.Maria Doris Axiak, 57, pleaded guilty to intentionally causing serious injury on Monday, more than...

The number of consent breaches, failures/incidents, and unconsented activities at the troubled Transmission Gully site has ballooned to 223 incidents, with a further 44 still under investigation. Greater ...

Three litters of American red wolves, which are critically endangered and number fewer than two dozen in the wild, have been born at the North Carolina Zoo, officials announced today.The zoo said in a news release that the litters,...

From the seemingly endless exposed wood ceilings to the massive crystal chandelier, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis' modern farmhouse is a sight to behold. Luckily, they opened the doors to see inside.

Peter Boshier says he has not seen significant improvement in prisoners' welfare in many areas and wants to know why.

The Business Herald's Fran O'Sullivan was among four new fellowships awarded at the annual Institute of Finance Professionals (Infinz) Awards in Auckland last night. O'Sullivan was honoured along with ...

A UK company has been slammed for using Māori culture to sell carpet.Invictus Carpet & Flooring incorporates numerous elements of Māori culture in its website branding and its advertising, including a video ad released...

A survey after the first conference showed nine out of 10 students walked away with a different take on their career prospects.

As Hamilton leaders debate whether to establish Māori wards in the city, kuia Hekeiterangi Broadhurst draws on the words of a past leader for guidance.

A Christchurch-based economist who convinced some of New Zealand's wealthiest businesspeople to plough tens of millions of dollars into his Cayman Islands-based investment fund has been charged with fraud ...

Fears that Ahipara is home to an arsonist were revived last weekend when a fire was deliberately lit in an unoccupied bach on the road to Te Kohanga.The Ahipara and Kaitaia fire brigades responded to the alarm at 2.04am, Kaitaia...

REVIEW: While it showcases some amazing production design and costuming, this five-part series ultimately leaves you wanting more.

Security guards have wrestled a knife-wielding shoplifter to the ground outside Sylvia Park Shopping Centre in Auckland.No one was hurt in the incident. DO YOU KNOW MORE? IF YOU DO LET US KNOW Police were called to the mall...