New Zealand Politics News

New Zealand underperforms when it comes to innovation but the solution is not just to spend more on research and development, the New Zealand Institute says. In a discussion paper released today, the Auckland think tank's director, Rick Boven, makes...

Eldred Stebbing, one of the pioneers of the local recording industry, has died...His recordings, music industry nous and keen ears helped shape the careers of many of New Zealand's top entertainers from Howard Morrison in the late 50s, to Ray...

The number of international students coming to New Zealand is increasing, Education Minister Anne Tolley says. There was a steady decline from 2003 to 2008, Ms Tolley said today, but latest figures showed the trend had reversed. This year there...

Figures also show wide regional variations with women in Northland, for example, having abortions much later than those in Wellington,” Dame Margaret said. “This is not acceptable.” One reason, she suggested, was the poor uptake of medical abortion using the...

Moko became a tourist attraction on the North Island after he swam into a harbour and never left. About six months ago his mood changed; he began getting a bit aggressive and started liking human ladies a little too much....

TV3 for the free-to-air rights of the 2011 Rugby World Cup will be announced this week. It is understood the deal will be close to, if not the same as, what was put to the IRB. Rugby World Cup Minister...

Finance Minister Bill English broke the law, Labour alleged in Parliament today. Prime Minister John Key confirmed this morning that rules requiring ministers to keep their self-drive cars in their electorates were changed in May this year. The change removed...

IT was like a scene from a gory horror movie. Animal heads, carcasses and miscellaneous guts spilled onto a busy New Zealand road this morning, sending vehicles sliding and crashing across fat-covered bitumen. A massive leak from a truck has...

We welcome the additional procedures, information and guidelines recommended by the review. These will go a long way towards further reassuring parents and provide them with valuable support and information. Information and guidelines for parents and government agencies were called...