The return of a new Queenstown Winter Festival-inspired event – Snow Fest – has officially heralded the start to winter, with ...

Police staff remain working in the area. SH1 Waiouru has reopened after the fatal crash overnight. Police staff remain working in the area. Please take additional care and follow any directions from ...

Ocean scientists, the US Coast Guard, ferry companies and whale tracking experts joined forces to rapidly develop and deploy the system to help end a spate of fatal gray whale-vessel strikes in the ...

NZTA. A closure on State Highway 6 has been extended through to the West Coast due to flooding and slips. SH6 between Makarora and Lake Hwea in Central Otago was ...

State Highway 6 between Makarora and Lake Hāwea in Central Otago is closed this afternoon because of a slip covering both lanes. The slip occurred near the Flaxmill Creek Bridge, and crews are on ...

March, carrying the 8.71% increase, the council held workshops on April 29 and May 6 to consider the impact of the Iran war on fuel costs. 29 May 2026 Calculators have been working overtime at the ...

Last month, New Zealand’s drug-funding agency Pharmac added Wegovy to its list of medicines suitable for future public funding. If that happens – and it could quickly – the drug would initially be ...

Grand View Research data confirms the broader category trajectory, with infrared cabin technology forecast to grow at 7.5 percent annually through 2033 against a 6.4 percent CAGR for the wider sauna ...

Police in Manuwatū have spent King’s Birthday weekend successfully disrupting and deterring anti-social road user gatherings. On receiving information that events were planned, Police stood up an ...

The King has been pleased, on the occasion of the celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to make the following appointments to The New Zealand Order of Merit: Mrs Susan Jean Hassall, ONZM, JP, of ...

Together with Secretary Kyle, Mr McClay will review the progress achieved in implementation of the NZ UK Free Trade Agreement at the Third Ministerial Meeting of the FTA Joint Committee. Trade and ...

On May 23, Defence Minister Chris Penk confirmed that $1.6 billion will be spent on naval upgrades and to acquire drones. He called for a “combat capable New Zealand Defence Force that pulls its ...