The government's new earthquake-prone building rules aren't without risks, but they might finally give Wellington the confidence to grow.

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

The cancellations will result in a net loss of 177 Kāinga Ora homes, leaving the total at 78,027, 1News reported at the time. Bishop said at the time that the cancellations were designed to free up ...

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 ...

New Zealander Ashley (Ash) Stanley-Ryan is a PhD candidate in international law at the Geneva Graduate Institute. He teaches international law and has advised both states and international ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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