The Latest Breaking News from New Zealand

New Zealand's opposition party launches a rare intervention into the Australian federal election campaign, raising concerns about Labor's plan to rely on skilled migration to boost nurse numbers in aged care homes.

New Zealand pre-ordered more oil stocks just before Russia invaded Ukraine, which have increased government reserves this month – at a critical time.

In an exclusive extract from Ideals Are Like Stars: The Dame Yvette Williams' Story, Williams reveals her demanding and innovative training regime in the lead-up to the 1952 Olympics.

If anything good can come from continuing diplomatic relations with Russia, it might be our embassy in Moscow helping skilled Russians to flee the Putin regime.

A solar farm larger than the Auckland and Christchurch CBDs combined could start construction near Taupō as soon as this summer, Marc Daalder reports 

Broadly it seems unions are in favour of the Government's Fair Pay Agreements Bill and employers aren't. If the bill is passed, expect litigation to follow, writes Liz Coats

Many adult attitudes, behaviours and traits have their roots in childhood

New Zealand will send a military transport plane and a support team of 50 to Europe, as well as give money to Britain to buy weapons, as it significantly steps up its response to the war in Ukraine

Global heating speeding up their decline as terrain of newly discovered alpine species disappears

Matildas coach Tony Gustavsson has called on his team to continue playing at high speed ahead of Tuesday night's friendly against New Zealand in Canberra.

Aoteaora New Zealand has experienced a dynamic geological and climatic history. There was the separation from the southern super-continent Gondwana, the near drowning during the Oligocene some 27-22 million years ago, and the dramatic changes wrought by ice ages during the Pleistocene which started 2.6 million years ago.