A witness has described hearing multiple gunshots at Sylvia Park mall in Auckland’s Mt Wellington. A mall staff member told RNZ just after 3pm they were in lockdown. A shop worker said police armed ...

A new independent director has been appointed to the board of Quayside Holdings, a council-controlled organisation that functions as the investment arm of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council. Photo / ...

Gisborne Mayor and Local Government New Zealand president Rehette Stoltz is with The Front Page to breakdown what it all means and what could happen next. Councils could be forced to spend millions of ...

Recipients of the Mitre 10 Mega Whanganui Future Champions Trust's second funding round of 2026 (clockwise from top left) Maximus Mathews, Alexis Toy, Paige Conley and Poppy Priddle. Photo / NZME ...

John Cuthbertson, tax leader for Chartered Accountants Australia and NZ (CAANZ), called tax debt a “persistent structural issue that is enabled by the current legislation”. Photo / CAANZ As ...

In-demand hairstylist to Auckland’s wealthy and A-list, Robyn Munro, reveals that her passion for creating luxurious looks was inspired by her time as a professional singer at five-star hotels in Asia ...

Thames High School has sought Ministry of Education support for its board, but the reasons for the intervention remain unclear. The ministry appointed a limited statutory manager (LSM) on June 30, ...

The Gisborne District Council has commissioned an independent review of its forestry consenting and compliance systems. The review will investigate whether current standards are fit for Tairāwhiti’s ...

Voters in eastern England head to the polls on Thursday for a byelection triggered by hard-right Reform UK leader Nigel ...

Erica Stanford refuses to say she has confidence in the Prime Minister as she arrives at Wellington Airport. Erica Stanford denies she was harbouring leadership ambitions this week when she repeatedly ...

A person has been seriously injured in a crash that has blocked State Highway 29 near Lower Kaimai. Police said they were notified of the single-vehicle crash near Old Kaimai Rd about 2pm. “One person ...

Paul Lewis writes about rugby, cricket, league, football, yachting, golf, the Olympics and Commonwealth Games. There’s this bloke called Ruben Love. He’s 25, has blossomed at first five-eighths, doing ...