The new appointment comes as the Wellington region faces a multi-billion repair bill for crumbling and ageing water infrastructure. Read...

New facilities to accommodate 16 bikes have been installed as part of Project WAVE, a $1 million cycleway trial in Auckland`s Viaduct Harbour. Read...

Critical shortages of ventilators during the Covid-19 pandemic have got scientists investigating less usual ways of helping people breathe. Read...

A paraglider has reportedly crashed about 50 metres up a hill near Te Onepoto/Taylors Mistake Beach in Christchurch. Read...

Forty jobs in the road construction area are on the line at the firm, which is owned by the Christchurch City Council. Read...

The opening of the trans-Tasman bubble and no lockdowns has seen activity in the services sector soar to record highs last month. Read...

Samoa`s Supreme Court has thrown out the Head of State`s decision to call a second election, clearing the path for the newcomer FAST party to form a government. Read...

The ASB Bank is using cheap Reserve Bank funds to back a special low-rate mortgage for new home building. Read...

The Auckland Writers Festival theatre was packed out with people wanting to hear the award-winning Kurdish-Iranian writer`s story and views. Read...

An emotional seven-month circumnavigation of New Zealand is over for American solo sailor Elana Connor, who sailed into Auckland yesterday, accompanied by yachts and waka. Read...