In 2026, NZ and India celebrate a century of sporting ties. In the first of a series, Stephen Hewson looks at a rare, historic relationship. Start your day with a curation of our top stories in your ...

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New Zealand's space race is on the verge of stepping up another notch, but with big opportunities come growing risks ...

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Analysis: National's new fiscal plan looks a lot like Labour's, with similar spending allowances, no tax cuts and no new public service cuts either ...

Comment: How NZ’s historic mobilisation against the nuclear threat in the 1980s contrasts with modern complacency toward the climate crisis ...

Education Minister Erica Stanford labels NCEA inherently broken at a Wellington forum, promoting year 11 compulsory schooling and foundational literacy awards ...

Locals managed to dissuade their own council from dumping its sewage byproduct on picturesque Central Otago farmland – but they couldn't stop fast-growing Queenstown Lakes from doing it. Jill Herron ...

Sinking currency and soaring global fuel costs add pressure to the cost of living and test the Reserve Bank's monetary policy ...

Taranaki has seen oil and gas banned and unbanned, energy innovation funded and scrapped and is now bracing for yet more whiplash.