The Latest Breaking News from NZ

The Western Force will be aiming to notch their third win of the season when they take on the Highlanders in NZ.

Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating’s recent strident criticism of the A$368 billion nuclear-powered submarine deal announced under the AUKUS security pact will have little effect on Australian policy. Canberra’s deepening level of security cooperation is underpinned by a deep political consensus.

Overseas private equity companies are buying up veterinary practices in NZ and branding them as 'local'. Independent Kiwi vets are fighting back.

The Aukus submarine agreement turbocharges an existing trend: the chances of Australian involvement in a direct military confrontation with China, argues Robert Ayson

A senior American official offers reassurances, while a Kiwi expert warns we may be left on the sidelines.

Is NZ developing a two-tier banking system? There’s concern smaller savings institutions may be placed at greater risk, if customers follow Americans' flight to big banks this week. Jonathan Milne reports.

Promising young cricketer Flora Devonshire has had a summer to remember - touring India for NZ, and called into the Central Hinds for the Super Smash season. And it's her new spin bowling talent that has everyone talking, Aiden McLaughlin writes.

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has made $NZ1.7 billion worth of savings by taking an axe to several of predecessor Jacinda Ardern's policies.

By the end of this month, speed limits on more than 2,000 roads across Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland will have been reduced by between 10 and 60 kilometres per hour (km/h). Part of the Auckland Transport (AT) safe speeds programme, the aim is to reduce serious injuries and fatalities.

The Western Force's 21-18 win over Moana has come at a cost with Wallabies hooker Folau Fainga'a suffering a suspected concussion.

Together since they were nippers, the women of the Piha Piranhas are eating up their surf boat rivals on both sides of the Tasman, after almost giving up. They proudly represent their cyclone-devastated village at this weekend's NZ champs, Suzanne McFadden writes.