Government may pause fuel taxes increases
The government may put on hold its plans to raise fuel taxes next year, as it deals with…
Around the world for a jersey: The extreme travel of New Zealand’s athletes
A Football Ferns training session in Honiara. Photo: Joshua Devenie / Phototek.nz Sailors representing New Zealand stopped off…
Young mum facing life-threatening stem cell transplant delays for cancer treatment
Loran, her husband and two sons, aged one and three. Photo: Supplied A young mum facing life-threatening delays…
NZ will not move up fuel alert level tomorrow, Willis says changes will not be sudden
Nicola Willis and Christopher Luxon announcing fuel support. Photo: Samuel Rillstone/RNZ The country will not be moving up…
Concerns countries in Asia are hoarding jet fuel
A file photo of a British Airways plane being refuelled. Photo: AFP / NurPhoto / Mateusz Wlodarczyk There…
Live: Floods close highways as heavy rain hits North Island
Fire and Emergency is urging residents in storm-affected areas to be ready to evacuate if necessary, following a…
Briscoes Group trialling facial recognition tech
Briscoes Group is halfway through a year-long trial which began in September 2025. Photo: RNZ Facial recognition technology…
Former Interislander ferry expected to dock in Port Nelson after months at anchor
The former Interislander ferry is now flagged in the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Photo: Supplied…
2025 confirmed as one of the hottest years on record
An ‘addiction’ to fossil fuels is driving climate change, the UN Secretary-General says – leading to ever-more severe…
RNZ-Reid Research poll: Bleak numbers for Luxon, but no obvious successors
Half of respondents think NZ is headed in the wrong direction under this coalition government, while just 32.3…
Winston Peters announces proposal to overhaul energy sector in State of the Nation speech
During his state of nation speech, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters addressed his party’s new proposal to…
Iran oil crisis: why NZ’s car dependence is now a strategic liability
By Timothy Welch* of Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Analysis – The war in Iran and the effective…