New Zealand

Michael Laws is returning to Parliament — or at least trying to. New Zealand First has announced the former Whanganui mayor and Otago Regional Councillor will stand for the party in the Waitaki electorate at the next general election. Laws, who lives in Cromwell with his wife Cheryl, has deep ties

The ACT Party has revealed at its 2026 AGM that Hon Nicole McKee has been chosen as Deputy Leader of ACT. "The ACT Caucus has placed its trust in me, and I am deeply grateful. Together, we are focused on locking Labour out so we can unlock New Zealand&

Around 1000 litres of fuel and a number of other items were stolen from a commercial property near Tarras last weekend, and Cromwell Police want to hear from anyone who was in the area. The burglary happened at the corner of Jollys Road and Deep Creek Road sometime between 5pm

ACT wants to cut New Zealand's 43 government departments down to 19 and reduce the number of ministers from 28 to 18. The party unveiled the plan at its 2026 Rally, with leader David Seymour framing it as a structural overhaul rather than the incremental trimming the current

Police have dismantled an offshore methamphetamine operation after arresting 11 people across Auckland on Tuesday morning. Eight search warrants were executed in Avondale, Pakuranga and other Auckland locations as part of Operation Haste. All 11 men — Chinese and Taiwanese nationals aged between 21 and 53 — have appeared in Auckland District

Brent Impey has been appointed chair of RNZ by Minister for Media and Communications Paul Goldsmith, who also named Paula Browning and Richard Dellabarca as new governors to the board. Impey had been serving as an RNZ governor since September 2024. Goldsmith said the appointment "provides critical continuity for

Immigration Minister Erica Stanford has accused her own ministry of deliberately withholding information from ministers and using creative accounting to hide cost blowouts on a failed technology project that wasted more than $30 million of taxpayer money. Stanford made the comments at a parliamentary Scrutiny Week hearing on Tuesday, alongside

New Zealand now has 26 billionaires, eight more than last year, with the tech sector driving most of the growth. The National Business Review's annual rich list found the country's wealthiest people are collectively worth $129 billion, up from $102 billion in 2025. Zuru Toys co-founders