National

As promised, the Finance Minister has delivered a bread-and-butter Budget 2026, with few big surprises and no sign of a lolly scramble.

Tourism operators are bracing for more frequent storms after some experienced their most weather-disrupted summer on record.

International food company McCain has turned down a request from Hawke's Bay mayors asking for a pause on the factory's closure while growers try to find a solution for a possible takeover.

The staffer who received a document from Fonterra and Z Energy making suggestions for a potential law change was a senior adviser for PM Christopher Luxon.

Prolific Christchurch developer Williams Corporation has unveiled its plans for a new 10-storey tower in the central city.

An Auckland man is the first person to be charged under new stalking and harassment laws.

A man facing a raft of family harm and violence charges has lashed out at the Crown, describing the prosecutor as a "freak" and "twisted".