The Reserve Bank kept the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 2.25 percent but updated its forecast for the future path of interest rates. It now expects rates to lift a little higher and earlier than ...

Waikato Regional Council has today welcomed the NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) Board’s decision to support a 12-month extension of the Waikato-Auckland Te Huia trial. The council wrote to the ...

“Today the Government has begun merging the Ministries for the Environment, Transport, Housing and Urban Development, and parts of the Department of Internal Affairs into one Ministry. Done properly, ...

The Environment (Disestablishment of the Ministry for the Environment) Amendment Bill paves the way for the Ministry for the Environment to integrate into MCERT alongside the Ministry of Housing and ...

Trans-Tasman Resources has withdrawn its Fast-track application to mine the seabed in the South Taranaki Bight. That is the result of years of fierce resistance from iwi, hapū, environmental advocates ...

The Armed Forces Discipline Legislation Amendment Bill aims to make the military justice system, which applies to uniformed Armed Forces personnel in the New Zealand Defence Force, easier to navigate ...

The Justice Ministry says it’s in the very early stages of looking at mobile courts because continuing to build big courthouses won’t work. Its executives in their long-term insights briefing to a ...

The New Zealand Transport Agency’s decision to extend the Waikato-Auckland passenger rail service Te Huia is welcomed, Rail Minister Winston Peters says. “Te Huia came into existence because we funded ...

Courts will have to grapple more and more with AI fakes and it might take law changes to keep them out of trials, the government’s chief legal advisers say. Crown Law’s long-term insights briefing to ...

More expensive regional routes. Air New Zealand is increasing fares on non-competitive domestic regional routes to offset pressure from Jetstar. Regional airfares are up 4.2% for this half of the year ...

Labour’s deputy leader says the backtrack is a huge blow for families looking for affordable homes. Labour says the Housing Minister has been undermined by his leader and colleagues following the ...

“If your neighbour’s property looks like a mess – overgrown lawns, rubbish piling up, cars on the front lawn – that could make it harder to get a premium price for your property. It’s hard to quantify ...