Unemployment rate rises to highest level since 2020
Unemployment rises to 5.2 percent Two thousand jobs lost in Q2, unemployed grew 16,000 over the past year…
World Triathlon’s biggest event to return to NZ
Hayden Wilde is looking forward to competing on his home turf. Photo: PHOTOSPORT Tauranga will host the biggest…
Labelling rules ease for genetically-modified food made without new DNA added, amid reform
Food produced using new breeding techniques, including gene editing, will not need to be labelled as “GM” on…
Sweeping reforms to money laundering laws
Photo: 123RF Past government moves to chase down dirty money have had the unfortunate effect of tying up…
Australian state seeks to enshrine work from home in law
Under Jacinta Allan’s plan, workers would be entitled to work from home at least two days per week,…
Israel has ‘destroyed the most important military sites in Syria’: war monitor
Smoke billows on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus following Israeli airstrikes on December 9, 2024. Photo:…
Earthquake off Russia’s coast has left Pacific ‘ringing like a bell’ – scientist
People on the beach at Lyall Bay, Wellington, 31 July 2025. Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii An earth…
100 jobs to be axed at Wētā FX
A scene from House of the Dragon. Photo: Supplied Wētā FX has proposed changes to 100 jobs in…
Weather live: Severe thunderstorm watch for top of North Island, heavy rain expected into Wednesday
Weather watches and warnings are in place for much of the North Island and the top of the…
Live: Tsunami activity expected in NZ after 8.8 quake near Russia
Boaties around New Zealand say they’re checking moorings and keeping an eye on the seagulls, following a safety…
Contractor fined $70k for safety breach after forestry worker loses fingers
By Shannon Pitman, Open Justice reporter of The hauler involved in the incident which left a forestry worker…
Teenager charged with assault after attack on student at Greymouth High School.
Greymouth High School. Photo: Google Maps A teenager has been charged with assault after an attack on another…