It was a strange and eventful night, but in the end all candidates united on one, potentially impossible, course of action.

Once water reform is out of the way, all eyes will turn to the complex, expensive quagmire of the council's social housing.

Ash Davida Jane is satisfied by the ‘crunchy’ qualities of Sophie van Waardenberg’s debut collection, No Good.

With all but one current councillor seeking re-election, the country’s second largest region could be in for another tumultuous term.

On Monday, building and construction minister Chris Penk told reporters the government would remove the New Building Standards ratings used to determine whether a building has a low, medium or high ...

1. Sit in your car and stare blankly ahead into the void (meditate). 2. Take a nap. It’s scientifically proven that the ideal nap, one which leaves you feeling refreshed but not groggy, lasts between ...

Many in Queenstown also support density, particularly in Frankton, the area around the airport, five kilometres from the main town. Well-connected by bus, with several big supermarkets and the high ...

A Christchurch man is taking Kāinga Ora to the tenancy tribunal over a bedroom-based discrepancy that has seen him evicted from his home of 13 years. To the naked eye, it definit ...

Porirua locals are voting on a potential mega-council merger, and, bucking the national trend, picking a mayor from an all-female lineup.

The US is now the only permanent member of the UN Security Council not to recognise Palestinian statehood. The US ambassador to the UN calls state recognition a “performance”. Former New Zealand ...

Social housing in New Zealand is in a state of flux as Kāinga Ora halts building projects and councils ponder the feasibility of being landlords for the most vulnerable. On the eve of Matariki in June ...

It’s the event that stops the nation – no, not local body elections or an All Blacks test, Bird of the Year. The competition invites voters to settle the pecking order in the name of conservation.