The UN World Health Organization (WHO) urged Nordic countries on Monday to keep a lid on alcohol sales, or risk reversing the positive impact of strict regulations put in place years ago.

“Today’s shocking scenes in the West Bank undermine the fragile ceasefire reached in Gaza, and risk a new escalation,” the agency said. The first phase of the temporary truce and hostage release deal ...

Kaikōura’s earthquake damaged tennis courts have finally been restored, with the mayor touting them as possibly the ‘‘most scenic’’ courts in New Zealand. The newly refurbished Takahanga MainPower ...

Ashburton Intermediate has apologised after issuing a uniform pass that labelled pounamu as “incorrect uniform” and the board now plans to review the school's uniform code. The school issues laminated ...

Hearings for a plan of epic proportions have reached a halfway point in Wairarapa. The region’s combined district plan is the ...

Unemployment is expected to reach a four-year high in official numbers confirming the recession has caught up with the jobs market and also slowed wage growth. Consensus economist forecasts are for ...

The seven-part series traces the journeys of seven Chinese refugee wives and their children who fled Guangdong during the ...

The Mexican ambassador is meeting with Foreign Minister Winston Peters in Waitangi, after controversial comments he and his ...

The campaigner behind a petition to end free carbon credits for big polluters such as Methanex, Rio Tinto and NZ Steel is ...

USAID, the world's largest aid agency, delivers billions of dollars in international aid annually. Dr Anna Powles from Massey's Centre for Defence and Security said the agency provides about US$3.4 ...

Eckhold agreed: "They decided they could afford to allow inflation to stay up for a bit longer, and give it the benefit of the doubt. They put more weight on protecting the labour market. In Australia ...

Shannon Fowler has announced his second full-length album as Tom Lark, Moonlight Hotel, along with dates for his first live shows in Aotearoa since May 2024.