The review of Czech drug-smuggler Karel Sroubek's residency case will be delayed further after Immigration New Zealand granted Mr Sroubek an extension. Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway has been under intense political pressure over his decision...... Read More

Waikato councils will consider the business case for a start-up Hamilton to Auckland passenger rail service expected to begin in 2020, Transport Minister Phil Twyford announced today. The Waikato Regional Transport Committee last week voted unanimously...... Read More

Friends and family of the 29 men killed in the Pike River Mine disaster say an agreed plan to re-enter the mine is a historic moment of truth and justice. Families of some of the men killed in the November 2010 explosion were in Parliament this morning...... Read More

The local iwi have taken responsibility after about 400,000 seedlings bought by the government to plant in Northland went to waste after the land was too wild to plant on. Ngāti Hine has put its hand up with the trust chair, Pita Tipene, saying he's...... Read More

They’re going back in. Eight years after 29 men died in a fireball of methane and other dangerous gases in the Pike River Mine explosions, the Government has given the all-clear to go back into the mine to recover the bodies. And the families...... Read More

The first New Zealand embassy in Ireland has been opened by Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters in Dublin overnight. The embassy, on Merrion Row in Dublin's city centre, will help shore up existing ties and benefit future trade relationships...... Read More

Eugenie Sage is being accused of continuing National's practice of "rubber-stamping" the sale of sensitive land to foreigners. New figures reveal the land information minister and Green MP has approved nearly every application to cross...... Read More

The Minister of Māori Development, Hon Nanaia Mahuta has just announced 24 community-led housing repair projects will receive funding from the Māori Housing Network, totalling $5.8 million. The announcement was made at the National Māori Housing...... Read More

Minister for Biosecurity Damien O’Connor has paid tribute to the winners of the 2018 New Zealand Biosecurity Awards. “These are the people and organisations who go above and beyond to protect Aotearoa from pests and diseases to ensure our...... Read More

A victim of abuse by a Marist Brother says the expanded Royal Commission is the chance for him and many other Catholic old boys to speak up. The government has after months of pressure expanded the inquiry into historical abuse to include faith-based...... Read More