Te Pāti Māori say the `crumbs` in the Budget for Te Matatini compared to ballet and the orchestra show `second class treatment` of Māori arts. Budget 2022, revealed yesterday, included $1.1 billion for Māori-focused... Read...

A teen was sitting at the beach watching the ships out at sea when, in an unprovoked attack, a man struck him around the head with a metal drink bottle, causing him a brain injury. The 14-year-old was at Bell Block beach, in New... Read...

A vintage cross has been stolen from the St Matthew-in-the-City Anglican church in central Auckland.In a social media post, Reverend Helen Jacobi posted images of the high altar cross and CCTV images showing a person carrying it.CCTV... Read...

Many initiatives benefit disabled people either directly or indirectly, but the Budget is still marked by what is not in it, writes Chris Ford. Read...

Sri Lanka has defaulted on its debt for the first time in its history as the country struggles with its worst financial crisis in more than 70 years. Read...

Te Matatini are welcoming a well overdue funding increase following this weeks Budget announcements, but say it falls short of providing equitable funding for kapa haka to flourish in Aotearoa. Read...

A group of angry East Coast farmers descended on Napier today to protest against carbon forestry, which they say is destroying their towns. Read...

Noise rules in the proposed Te Tai o Poutini Plan for the West Coast will be beefed up, and will include monitoring the Franz Josef Heliport. Read...

For years, a mystery has laid buried in the back yard of a suburban Wellington home. Barely a foot deep, close enough to the surface that the unwitting homeowner was able to stumble across it while tending the garden on a quiet... Read...

The Government`s mooted $3.5 billion income insurance scheme is a step closer after Parliament passed a bill to allow ACC to start working on it. It was a contentious debate, however, with National and Act opposing and the Green... Read...