Confusion over who is meant to deal with ongoing power cuts
Damage from the storm to electricity networks was extensive. Photo: Wellington City Council Residents across the lower North…
Builder who bought former Wellington mayoral desk happy to give it back
The desk in its current condition. Photo: Raymond Morgan A builder who bought Wellington’s most embarrassing historical desk…
Fatal dog mauling: Animal control staff visited property day before attack
Police at the scene of the fatal attack. Photo: RNZ *Amendment: This story has been updated with more…
Wastewater may be flowing to a Coromandel beach after sinkhole forms
Thames Coromandel District Council is urgently asking people not to swim, fish or collect shellfish in the area…
Crude oil prices exposed: 15 years of shocks, surges, and secrets
The global crude oil trade is one of the most intricate and strategically sensitive networks in the world…
Banks Peninsula farmers and businesses counting the cost of floods
Banks Peninsula farmers and businesses are counting the cost of devastating flooding that swamped paddocks and swept through…
US Federal Reserve lowers interest rates for third time in a row
The Federal Reserve logo is visible on the William McChesney Martin Jr. Building on December 9, 2025 in…
Wired for power: The geopolitics of subsea cables in the South China Sea
By Carla Teng-Westergaard for the Asian Media Centre Laced across the seabed are undersea fibre-optic cables – the…
Charging $9 toll wouldn’t cover cost of new Auckland harbour crossing, advocate says
Auckland Harbour Bridge. Photo: 123rf Imposing tolls on the existing Harbour Bridge won’t raise enough revenue to cover…
How much do you really need to retire early?
One expert says there’s a meaningful gap between a basic and a more comfortable retirement. Photo: 123.rf You’ve…
As it happened: Wellington winds strongest in a decade
Akaroa hit by flooding as storm moves south. Photo: RNZ / Nathan Mckinnon The winds that struck Wellington…
Live weather: Evacuations, power cuts, roads closed as severe gales, rain batter lower North Island
More than 30,000 properties have lost power as wild winds bring trees and power lines down across much…