The latest data from Stats NZ on how much alcohol was available for consumption, per adult, shows it has declined again – for the ninth year in a row. This is a huge decline. 24% since 2011. Overall ...

Golden Bay Air will be the first airline to receive a loan from funding ear-marked for at-risk regional air routes, Associate Transport Minister James Meager says. The airline will receive ...

MP Willow-Jean Prime has lost education in a reshuffle of the Labour Party’s shadow Cabinet, with the portfolio being handed to Ginny Andersen. ... Her credibility in the education portfolio came unde ...

The vote of an 18 year old deliquent in New Zealand is as important as that of Willy Apiata. Anyone who wants to be in government and succeed in their ministerial portfolios needs to respect every ...

It is less than two months since US special forces captured Venezuela’s longtime authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro during a nighttime raid in Caracas, yet it is hard to overstate how different the ...

In an historic moment, New Zealand will host its first-ever State of Origin match next year at Eden Park, a major event expected to draw thousands of international visitors and deliver a significant ...

Shane Reti has announced he will retire at the general election. He has been an MP for 12 years, during which time he has been deputy leader, acting leader and a senior Minister. Shane is a hell of a ...

March 11, 2026 8:00am by Kokila Patel General Debate 11 March 2026 ...

So every Labour Government except Lange's inherited a surplus from National. Every single Labour Government since at least the 1950s has left National with a deficit. Imagine what sort of deficit a ...

The Royal Commission has released their second and final report. Some key aspects: a significant change in circumstances occurred in October 2021 when decision-makers realised that elimination was no ...

The suspension of Kapa-Kingi as a member of Te Pāti Māori on 23 October 2025 was in breach of the Kawa (rules) and, therefore, was unlawful. The expulsion of Kapa-Kingi from Te Pāti Māori or to cancel ...

A reader who is a postgraduate student in Christchurch offered to read The Press for four weeks, and analyse what proportion of news articles, opinion columns, letters and cartoons were left, right ...