The National Party is demanding the government step in and help fund the clean-up of a long-disused landfill. Old rubbish has been spewing out of the Fox Glacier dump and down the Fox River since flooding last month. The Westland District Council......
A review of Tourism New Zealand will look at the domestic and international travel environment and consider how the organisation can support current government priorities. The review is being conducted by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment......
A trust accusing the Transport Agency of using its design for a walk and cycleway across the Auckland Harbour Bridge says it will take legal action if the agency doesn't pay up. On Thursday SkyPath Trust director Bevan Woodward sent the agency......
The capital is beefing up its commitment to embrace te reo Māori. A formal agreement has been signed between the Wellington City Council and the Māori Language Commission, Te Taura Whiri. The two organisations will work together on projects in the......
The Māori Affairs select committee is considering the case of contested land intended for a major housing project near Auckland airport. Ihumātao is owned by Fletcher Building, which has a 480-property development planned for the site. For the past......
The Ministry for Primary Industries' (MPI) regulatory definition of mānuka honey has thrown the honey industry into turmoil and European authorities are beginning to notice there's something wrong, a Northland honey expert says. Dr John Craig,......
For the first time, catch limits are being introduced for recreational fishers targeting southern bluefin tuna. The recreational catch for the tuna has typically been low, but Fisheries New Zealand said it had increased substantially in the last five......
The government has made a grant of $1 million to the trust that runs the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, to help it recover from fraud. The Waitangi National Trust took a hit in 2107 when a manager, Wallace Te Ahuru, siphoned $1.2m out of its bank accounts. He......
Newly released reports into three New Zealand prisons show the ongoing challenges of managing gang-affiliated inmates, staffing levels and keeping prisons clean. The reports were completed by a team of independent inspectors and overseen by the chief......
The Sustainable Business Council is urging companies to look to environmental data before making business decisions. Yesterday, the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ released Environment Aotearoa, which gives an overview of all environmental......