A debate between six men vying for Queenstown’s mayoral chains leaves more questions than answers The post Concern and confusion in hotly contested Queenstown race appeared first on Newsroom.| Newsroom
From The Detail: In the 1990s, Lois Cox interviewed lesbian women about their lives in Wellington. Some decades later, those stories have been published. The post Stories of sexuality as the closet door opened appeared first on Newsroom.| Newsroom
The Prime Minister shows a foreign buyer a house for sale The post The secret diary of .. Luxon’s last days appeared first on Newsroom.| Newsroom
Kelly Ana died on Monday. This was her last story. It's actual genius The post Short story: Biography, by Kelly Ana Morey appeared first on Newsroom.| Newsroom
The PM's visit to Ikea shows uncharacteristically good alignment. His Govt and the Swedish furniture brand are all about standardisation, modularisation, flatpacking The post Luxon finds the perfect job opportunity appeared first on Newsroom.| Newsroom
The first-term MP has been subjected to online attacks and physical threats after using language online that some considered to be inappropriate The post Benjamin Doyle resigns amid ongoing harassment and wellbeing issues appeared first on Newsroom.| Newsroom
The NZDF said the two-year sentence for a soldier who pleaded guilty to attempted espionage after a string operation was 'manifestly inadequate' The post Defence Force appeals sentence for soldier’s attempted spying appeared first on Newsroom.| Newsroom
House price outlook flattens, helping affordability metrics. While still stretched, housing is the least unaffordable in four years, with forecasts pointing to stabilisation. The post The ups and downs of the sideways housing market appeared first on Newsroom.| Newsroom
A mini crossword you can solve in a few minutes. The post Mini crossword, Friday 5 September appeared first on Newsroom.| Newsroom
Today from The Detail: Those who can afford it are getting thin by needle, but new weight loss drugs bring with them unanswered questions| Newsroom
The independent commission recommends changes to protect transgender and intersex people from discrimination The post Ban housing and hiring discrimination for transgender Kiwis – Law Commission appeared first on Newsroom.| Newsroom
Comment: We must treat slavery as a humanitarian crisis and a research and governance challenge The post Modern slavery is not just a moral failure appeared first on Newsroom.| Newsroom
A former government adviser writes an evocative novel of guilt, sex and tapu set on Mt Ruapehu The post Book of the Week: An incident on Ruapehu appeared first on Newsroom.| Newsroom
Gregor Samsa is the central character of which 1900s novel? The post Newsroom daily quiz, Thursday 4 September appeared first on Newsroom.| Newsroom
A mini crossword you can solve in a few minutes. The post Mini crossword, Thursday 4 September appeared first on Newsroom.| Newsroom
Minister meets Taupō iwi to discuss concerns about boring an exploratory well up to 6km into the supercritical zone beneath the Earth’s crust The post $10m to drill into science of one of world’s hottest, deepest geothermal power wells appeared first on Newsroom.| Newsroom
Comment: Focus of alcohol prevention work should have been targeting those prone to binge-drinking The post Failed alcohol policy is a decades long hangover appeared first on Newsroom.| Newsroom
Test your smarts with Newsroom's daily crossword. The post Daily crossword, Thursday 4 September appeared first on Newsroom.| Newsroom
Analysis: US health secretary's cancellation of federal funding for mRNA vaccine research is a tragedy for science in the US The post RFK Jr’s ‘ill-informed nonsense’ forfeits America’s mRNA vaccine leadership appeared first on Newsroom.| Newsroom
Foreign judges working in Hong Kong – including a Kiwi – are 'whitewashing an increasingly repressive and compromised legal system', says foundation| Newsroom
Today from The Detail: From promise to protest - how the Bougival Accord has thrown New Caledonia into potential chaos| Newsroom
Customers were told data centres would open this year, but Amazon hasn't resolved stormwater discharge and construction hasn't started. Jonathan Milne investigates.| Newsroom
Secret plans for the location of Amazon Web Services' new cloud computing facility reveal the planned removal of a dabchick nesting site, reports Jonathan Milne.| Newsroom
Opinion: Tech giant Amazon's NZ boss makes one of the clumsiest and most embarrassing attempts in a long time to spin good news out of a fiasco, writes Jonathan Milne| Newsroom
An open poem to the Minister of Teachers from Dame Fiona Kidman| Newsroom
Newsroom reveals ministers will intervene to improve aviation sector competition, as Air NZ fares soar and smaller regional airlines cancel routes. Jonathan Milne reports.| Newsroom
Is the concern over the airport's audacious price hike an argument for the Government proffering a carrot or a stick, like the Chathams but super-sized?| Newsroom
Analysis: Soaring airfares and cancelled routes have forced Govt to offer small aviation companies $30m in loans – just don't call it a bailout, ministers say| Newsroom
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With closed-door consultations taking place on NZ's terror laws, there are concerns the Government could follow the lead of others and crack down on legitimate protest| Newsroom
Jobseeker beneficiary numbers continue to rise in spite of a system overhaul aimed at shifting more people into employment, writes Alice Peacock.| Newsroom
Wild claims of excess deaths in the wake of the Covid vaccination campaign are at stark odds with the mathematical facts: NZ's mortality rate is lower than expected, writes David Hood| Newsroom
The Regulatory Standards Bill has drawn surprisingly strong opposition. Is it down to the bill's significance, or David Seymour himself?| Newsroom
Today from The Detail: A look at what the Regulatory Standards Bill will do, and why there's no clear answer to the question of whether it will achieve its aims.| Newsroom
A deep dive into the big tech company's finances reveals it's charging NZ firms and government agencies hundreds of millions for 'local' storage that it hasn't built. Jonathan Milne investigates.| Newsroom
Chris Bishop denies any conflict of interest, saying the question of whether developer Chris Meehan would get a meeting with a National Party prime minister is one for after the election. Jonathan Milne reports.| Newsroom
An NZ-run programme has been caught in the crossfire of the Trump administration's crackdown on diversity and countering disinformation.| Newsroom
New Zealand's early Covid-19 response almost ran off the rails due to its reliance on a 2017 plan which has received only minor updates since.| Newsroom
Flaws in our national livestock-tracing system contributed to the spread of Mycoplasma bovis – but is NAIT fixed now?| Newsroom
Opinion: NZ’s instincts might to focus on countries with the biggest markets and trade opportunities – but we should be looking deeper than that, writes Susannah Jessep.| Newsroom
Hutt City's Campbell Barry says this week's storms highlighted the importance of costly managed retreat: 'I thought to myself, is today going to be the day?'| Newsroom
From the University of Auckland - Opinion: The Government has the power to secure our energy supply – but it seems it doesn't want to, argues Kevin Trenberth.| Newsroom
Available aircraft, fuels and competitive constraints were behind Air NZ backing away from its 2030 target, the national carrier has revealed.| Newsroom