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Previous council meltdowns in Invercargill and Tauranga show that calling an inquiry won't resolve Gore's mayoral problems - only goodwill and putting the community first

The citizenship announcement in the late hours of Friday night left some New Zealand officials with the impression the Australian government was trying to quietly bury it. Now that it has finally been put to rest it means New Zealand can focus its diplomatic energy elsewhere.

Could public debate over New Zealand's potential role in a polarising security deal reach similar levels to the Iraq War or the TPP trade deal?

Very few WWII veterans remain, but Auckland Museum says if anything, there's been a surge of interest in looking at our war-time history.

The Infrastructure Commission and a Government-commissioned review into local government have both raised questions about how smaller districts can remain viable. Jonathan Milne reports.

In February 2023, Cyclone Gabrielle dumped up to 500mm of rain on the north of NZ, with devastating effects. Frank Film set out to investigate what would happen if a similar amount of rain fell on Ōtautahi Christchurch.

No polls, no focus groups, no donor obligations. Rob Campbell is party to a discussion weighing up whether Parliament is the right place to advance honestly-held causes. 

PM Chris Hipkins' economic focus will not be on extracting more tax from wealthy ageing moguls, but increasing productivity from young workers

"It's as if DoC's simply given up." Neglected, overgrown and hazardous walking and biking tracks are raising concerns on the West Coast.