Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

MYSTERIOUS: 7 | Mind Blowing Facts

Ambulance boss says Budget must deliver more than ‘short-term Band-aid’ to broken funding model

Analysis: With ageing population and out-of-control fuel costs, a $35m pre-Budget announcement serves only to highlight the existential threat to ambulance services, writes Jonathan Milne.

Newsroom.co.nz

Former bankrupt is frontrunner to take over historic Chateau Tongariro

Templeton Group has been named preferred bidder despite officials’ concerns about the company’s failure to deliver another iconic $120m-plus hotel development in Hamilton. Jonathan Milne reports.

Newsroom.co.nz

Govt withholds transfer of three new rail stations to Auckland, citing ‘buffoonery’

A risk to the Govt books of several hundred million dollars means three new rail stations won't become part of Auckland Transport's stable as expected

Newsroom.co.nz

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Fairytale end for Auckland FC’s coach after being sacked by rival Sydney

Today from The Detail: From the new kids to grand finalists in two short years, Auckland FC's fairytale rise has sparked football fever across New Zealand

Newsroom.co.nz

Commentator Katey Martin: ‘I just want to do that moment justice’

Globetrotting cricket commentator Katey Martin is in the UK calling White Ferns matches on BBC radio in the lead-up to the World Cup

Newsroom.co.nz

Consumer spending slows as households feel the squeeze

Consumer spending is slowing as household pressures build, with softer jobs, housing market risks and fading mortgage relief weighing on demand.

Newsroom.co.nz

The pandemic that governments aren’t doing anything about

A major new study confirms that globally, obesity has increased in every single country, whether rich or poor, over the past 45 years

Newsroom.co.nz

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Social housing tenants face rent hike as part of Govt shakeup

Housing Minister outlines plans for multi-year reforms, saying the social housing system must be fairer to tackle growing need

Newsroom.co.nz

Before we let AI run the public service, we need to know the full impact

New Zealand is badly under-prepared for mass deployment of AI in the public sector - and the latest Budget measures are being made without safeguards, writes Professor Alexandra Andhov

Newsroom.co.nz

Book of the Week: A beautiful book, a masterpiece even

A criminal defence lawyer assesses the extraordinary new book about two petty criminals in the Hutt Valley

Newsroom.co.nz

Willis and Peters’ foreign affairs feud the latest sign of coalition discord

Analysis: With the Foreign Minister and Finance Minister firmly at odds on a key budget area, how would a second term in office play out?

Newsroom.co.nz

Small business needs help to step up to fill NZ’s missing middle

Comment from Auckland University: Even with state backing, small and medium enterprises deal with too much risk from owners’ personal balance sheets

Newsroom.co.nz

NBA changemaker now steadying the Silver Ferns

After netball's turbulent year, NBA performance guru Chelsea Lane has come in to “steady the waka” in the Silver Ferns and rebuild trust ahead of the Commonwealth Games

Newsroom.co.nz

Govt job cuts spark election fight, with thousands facing unemployment

Today from The Detail: The Government's announcement of massive public sector cuts has ramped up the election year battle - even between Coalition mates

Newsroom.co.nz

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Newsroom.co.nz

Fuel crisis to cost Auckland Council $25m-$50m in high stakes budget

In a time of ‘unprecedented volatility’ Auckland councillors grapple with a new financial risk, putting an already high 7.9% rate rise under pressure

Newsroom.co.nz

Minister tells Crown companies to ‘get on the bus’ with cost-cutting

But Air NZ, and the three big power gentailers that paid $564m in dividends last year, won't be expected to lay off staff. Jonathan Milne reports.

Newsroom.co.nz

City Rail Link opening: ‘The budget for champagne is nil’

Auckland’s smart new metro line won't open until August at the earliest - and, amid claims of a big overspend on the new stations, no costly launch events are planned

Newsroom.co.nz

An interview with the author of the year

We continue our hyping of The Valley by Asher Emanuel, which sold out at the Auckland Writers Festival and is likely the year's best book

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Newsroom.co.nz

Immigration and the electoral cycle

Today from The Detail: Immigration as an issue is being dressed up for the election and called a major social problem that needs to be solved - but an expert says that's not the reality

Newsroom.co.nz

Nearly 9000 public sector jobs to go, government agencies to merge

A week ahead of the Budget, the Finance Minister unveils an extensive restructure of the public service, with jobs to be cut at many agencies

Newsroom.co.nz

Sky’s the limit for Rod Oram Essay Prize winner

Plummeting towards the ground after her parachute failed to open last month has given Angela Fang, 19, a unique perspective

Newsroom.co.nz

Aussie smoking market warning for NZ over illegal supply

Comment from the University of Auckland: NZ’s more permissive and controlled regulatory approach to vaping can achieve healthier declines in cigarette smoking

Newsroom.co.nz

Book of the Year: The Valley

The opening chapter of very likely the best book of 2026, about the lives of two crooks in the Hutt Valley

Newsroom.co.nz

Kiwi infrastructure balances performance, risk and cost in trillion dollar trilemma

NZ may lag the OECD on asset management – but a Beca specialist says there's at least one thing that we can teach the rest of the world. Jonathan Milne reports.

Newsroom.co.nz

Winning essay: Building houses that we can call homes

The 19-year-old winner of the 2026 Rod Oram Memorial Essay Prize, Angela Fang, proposes an economic model in which we value housing for the warmth and stability it provides our families, and not just as an investment asset.

1 … 6 7 8 9

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Golden State Warriors

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.