New Zealand

Fish curers and leather tanners are off the hook. The Government is scrapping the so-called 'offensive trades' registration requirement under the 1956 Health Act, ending annual paperwork and fees for hundreds of businesses that have been jumping through a 70-year-old regulatory hoop for no good reason. Regulation Minister

Around 440,000 New Zealanders aren't enrolled to vote — and the deadline to fix that is October 25. The Electoral Commission is posting 3.6 million enrolment packs to enrolled voters from August 17 to 22, ahead of the 2026 General Election on November 7. The packs let

Ground has broken on what is being billed as New Zealand's largest data centre project, with construction crews already on site at Makarewa, north of Invercargill. HEB Construction — a New Zealand company and subsidiary of global construction giant VINCI Construction — has been appointed to deliver the horizontal works

A body has been located in the water near Lawyers Head, Dunedin today. Police were called to John Wilson Ocean Drive at around 3:20pm after a member of the public discovered the body. The body has since been recovered, and a formal identification process is underway. The road was

JB Hi-Fi's New Zealand operation had a very good year. A remarkably good one, actually. Total sales surged 26.0% to NZD499.5 million in the year to June 30, 2026, with comparable sales up 15.3%. That outpaced every other part of the group. Online sales jumped

"ACT will restore a public service based on merit, need, neutrality, and results," says ACT Leader David Seymour. "New Zealanders pay for the public service to deliver better education, healthcare, public safety, infrastructure, and essential government services. This Government has gone some way to fixing it with

Free local TV is quietly winning back New Zealanders — and Netflix is paying the price. New research from NZ On Air shows total TV reach, combining linear broadcast and local on-demand platforms, has edged out global video sharing platforms like YouTube and TikTok as the most-used type of media across

Three months out from the election, the government is clinging to a two-seat majority — and a new party just made things considerably more complicated. The latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia Poll has the Opportunity Party breaking five percent in a mainstream public poll for the first time, landing on 6.1