New Zealand Politics News

Organisers of yesterday's March for Democracy in Auckland are confident their stand has made a difference to the debate over the government's response to referenda. Estimates of the turnout yesterday vary from around four to six thousand. Prime Minister John...

Regional towns across New Zealand are feeling the squeeze as mortgagee sales hit another historic high in September, according to the latest figures from Terralink International. The data released today showed 343 registered mortgagee sales -- up on the previous...

He is now lifting the minimum sentence for aggravated robbery in Manukau from four years to five. Green Party Justice spokesman Ken Graham says he can understand where the judge is coming from, as it is an instinctive response to...

A Lower Hutt teenager is lucky to be alive after the horse she was riding had a seizure and died. The 19-year-old was riding at Wainuiomata's southern coast yesterday afternoon when her horse fell to the ground, pinning her underneath....

Arsenal manager Wenger says his international players struggled to prepare mentally after they had taken an international break Read More Road safety advocates are angry a lawyer claims he can beat drunken driving charges using loopholes and technicalities Read More...

A Christchurch man who allegedly padlocked a dog to his mobility scooter and dragged him along until his paws bled is to appear in court this week charged with animal cruelty. The man, believed to be in his 50s, was...

If Wellingtonian Clare Keenan has her way, her grandmother's ashes will shoot into space later this month, enclosed in New Zealand's first sub-orbital rocket. Her dream, to honour her gran's memory with a rocket launch, will be made possible by...