But they are not the highest priority problems. I have a son who is a professional fire-fighter. I would imagine that they most basic advice they receive is to point the hose at the fire. Stanford has ...

After turning up at his former partner’s house unwanted, and repeatedly being asked to leave, Chad Lionel Erueti eventually drove off in his car. He got to the end of the road, turned around and drove ...

This poll summary from Lord Ashcroft is fascinating. Nigel Farage overall is seen as performing much better than the PM and Opposition Leader. Even more interesting is of those who voted for Labour in ...

South Park co-creator Trey Parker had the briefest of responses on Thursday to anger from the White House over the latest season premiere, which showed a naked Donald Trump in bed with Satan. “We’re ...

On Newsroom-RNZ co-production The Detail, Espiner noted that “there’s some debate about what’s official and what’s not official” while damning New Zealand for not following Canadian examples. While ...

Kiwibank has been given the green light to compete more vigorously with the big four Australian-owned banks that dominate the New Zealand banking sector. Finance Minister Nicola Willis announced today ...

In the new American Eagle campaign, Sydney Sweeney leans on an antique Mustang, stares straight down the barrel of the camera, and breathily delivers a list of her inherited traits: blonde hair, blue ...

I think the $200m gas exploration subsidy is likely to be money wasted. Why would we not just build an LPG import terminal & buy the stuff in from Australia? Sure, the gas ain’t ours but imports ...

Today, leaders from New Zealand’s Muslim and Jewish organisations gathered at Government House in Auckland to present the New Zealand Harmony Accord to the Governor-General, the Rt Hon Dame Cindy Kiro ...

As New Zealand’s population ages and, in particular, as the proportion of over-65s increases, the cost of New Zealand Superannuation (NZS) is rising. We know that and it doesn’t help us understand the ...

It has been unbelievable that so many people have gone insane over the entirely sensible and trivial change to NZ passports where the language used by 99% of New Zealanders appears first and the ...

The Herald reports: A prominent New Zealander whose case was shrouded in secrecy last month can now be identified as former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming. The ex-top cop faces eight ...