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Getting a building consent is about to get easier, with some builders allowed to skip council inspections

Some fear drivers will swap prescription drugs like medicinal cannabis for more dangerous substances, like opiates, that don't show up on saliva tests, making our roads less safe.

A few days out from the US presidential election, The Apprentice tells the story of how Trump became Trump

Nyree Smith's cancer is terminal, but during Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, she's on a mission to get Kiwis to their doctors before it's too late

A deep dive into the massive Royal Commission report into Abuse in Care reveals a host of roles and names of those who stonewalled victims' compensation claims, but one stands out

An Australian mining CEO took a top spot at CHOGM's business plenary to talk about how his company is going 'real carbon zero' by 2030

It's Play Week in New Zealand, and play experts want to turn our cities into more fun and joyful places, not just for children

A look at some of the people who turned up to the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, hoping to advance plans for global change

The most celebrated victory of New Zealand's incredible sporting weekend may have been the one at a small rugby ground in Te Aroha

A new bill to criminalise stalking could be here by the end of the year. Here's what it might look like.

The wreck of the Manawanui is leaving an oily sheen on the water, and taking the shine off the job of hosting world leaders including the King

The OCR goes up to bring inflation down. So now that the OCR is falling, what does it mean for inflation - and what does that mean for New Zealanders?

Is the government's new directive that public services should be prioritised on the basis of need, not race, a championing of equity - or has it just removed a vital tool from decision-makers?

It's superhero saturation at the box office with Batman's offsiders claiming screen time without Batman.

In the space of a decade the Wairarapa town of Featherston has reinvented itself, from a broken down P-plagued problem place, to a vibrant reading centre

Coaches, gels, health supplements, and even pyjamas. Menopause has become a marketing opportunity

New Zealand's booming video game industry reaches for $1 billion exports in the next few years

New Zealand is making Australia look good when it comes to new efforts to save the world's biodiversity and protect its oceans

This article contains sensitive material including the discussion of sexual violence Extended supervision orders should keep tabs on serious offenders, but sometimes they're not granted - and sometimes they don't work

Developers of AI that could detect brain injuries and disease say it's just a tool, not a replacement for health experts

Christchurch's cash-starved arts centre needs to boost its budget, but city businesses are turning up their noses at its request to bring in revenue-generating food trucks

Critics are asking if the 149 projects on the government's fast-track list are real schemes, or just unfunded dreams

Winstone has shut down two mills, citing high electricity costs, but in Kawerau, Sequal sawmill is scaling up to meet demand

Long Covid sufferers feel they've been abandoned by health authorities and the government, left to struggle alone with the after-effects of the pandemic

Recreational use of nitrous oxide has been reclassified. Some experts say it's an overcorrection.

Join Alexia Russell, Tim Murphy and Jeremy Rees in a look at the words we find the most confusing, satisfying, irritating, beautiful, and just plain revolting

The risk of an increasingly privatised healthcare system is deeply inequitable care, and some fear we could be moving toward a US model

The founders of Du Val portrayed a lifestyle of extreme wealth. The company's investors and contractors look set to pay the price.

Mānawa Bay may be a winner so far for owners Auckland Airport, but the new mall hasn't won any friends from people who have to get through the crowds to work

Critics want to see the workings behind the new Dunedin Hospital rebuild figure of $3 billion, questioning the number, and saying it's essential long-lasting infrastructure

The tiny island of Guam is America's shield against Chinese moves in the Pacific, but that comes at the expense of its people

In spite of the lifetime guarantee, Tupperware hasn't been able to push its quality products through the barrier of quick, cheap storage solutions online

The New Zealand fashion industry is facing serious long term problems, including the influx of cheap, shoddy clothing; economic headwinds; and way too much waste

Where there's cigarette smoke there's controversy, and Associate Health Minister Casey Costello has courted plenty of it

Sir Don McKinnon on New Zealand's key role in bringing peace to Bougainville over the last 30 years

The America's Cup drama is heating up, with a challenger likening Team New Zealand's style in Barcelona to a communist state

The move to give police search powers in private homes to look for gang insignia has raised a mass of red flags with law makers

Auckland City Library takes visitors on a trip back in time with a display that includes the first efforts to write down the Māori language

In crime dramas, forensic science is the hero. In real life, we need context.

Every year, 600 people are diagnosed with HPV-related cancers that could be prevented with a free vaccine

Beauty pageants are back, but the days of catwalks, high heels and bikinis have been consigned to the past

Post-cyclone slash caused destruction across the East Coast, but can the region survive without the forestry industry?

St John ambulance staff have voted to strike again this month after rejecting their latest pay offer. They say they're at breaking point

The highly anticipated film adaptation of the best-selling novel It Ends With Us has gone viral, but not for what plays out on screen

Attacks on bus drivers in Auckland are increasing but police and AT say confirmation bias and media reports have contributed to a feeling that things are much worse than they really are

The Pacific Islands served as a perfect hiding place for priests accused of sexual abuse. Some didn't stop when they got there.

Auckland Council is developing Shoreline Adaption Plans covering 3,200 kilometres of coastline, as our shores are battered by wilder weather

After an incredibly tough 2024, those in construction-related industries see the dark clouds starting to lift

The US election is a dog-eat-dog, no-holds-barred fight between two people who couldn't be more different to each other

Brokenwood's Tim Balme talks to Amanda Gillies about the New Zealand drama series watched worldwide

A new report from the SIS aims to help New Zealanders recognise the risks to our security

Child support arrears and penalties sit at nearly a billion dollars. That's comparatively good news, according to the tax department.

Political pet projects that get overturned by incoming governments could be a thing of the past if a new infrastructure body achieves its aims

Te Araroa's popularity has skyrocketed since opening over a decade ago, but a recent coroner's report into the death of a tramper highlights some dangerous trends.

On Auckland's skyline, the country's largest residential tower sits unfinished and exposed to the elements

The cost of living and a tight job market have forced New Zealanders to look outside of the UK for their OE

How top athletes like Lydia Ko can pull themselves out of their performance slumps to rise again

US astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore won't be returning to Earth until February, after NASA decided it couldn't risk bringing them back on a potentially-faulty Boeing Starliner

Holiday homes sit empty while local families live in cars and on deteriorating boats.

The volume of people taking new and effective weight loss drugs has grown so big that it's shrinking food portions in the US

The case of 'Jay', held indefinitely without charge for 18 years, is raising questions of how we treat our intellectually disabled community

A more deadly strain of Mpox has ventured beyond African borders, but even though it will arrive here some time, there's no need to panic.

Is New Zealand going through a bout of austerity ... or are we just in a funk after being battered by a parade of bad economic numbers?

Internationally ground-breaking research from inside the police force has quantified the difference between how Māori and Pakeha are treated when it comes to law

After almost three decades, legislation around gene modification and editing technology is getting an overhaul.

The new wave of open banking takes a step forward this week with the release of two Commerce Commission decisions

What was in the infamous Hobson's Pledge advertisement in the Herlad that has sparked outrage and boycotts?

Capturing the health of a piece of bush, and figuring out what predator pests are around, often comes down to the state of its smallest inhabitants

Researchers into poverty are asking the government where the evidence is that its new benefit sanction regime will work

With demand for gas up and supply down, gentailers can't keep up - and New Zealanders are paying the price

The Olympics has sustainability as one of its three pillars, but it's accused of making big environmental promises without following through

The coalition government is sticking to its guns on a promise to repeal Section 7AA of the Children's Act, despite expert testimony condemning the move.

Plasma is labelled liquid gold, but it's worth more than that

These 'traditional' influencers don't talk about politics, but all the markers of conservative ideologies are there

Fears that New Zealanders are losing control of their private information are behind moves to improve data sovereignty

Gerry Brownlee has been publicly criticised over his inaction, in a move that breaks with Parliamentary convention

There's been a sea change in high performance sport that's seeing Olympic-class mums take the podiums in Paris

A life-saving charity that works with men and their mental health in Tairawhiti has shut, a victim of funding struggles

Reality has intruded on our national airline's climate targets, and it's backed down from some lofty aims

It's been called a revolution as big as electricity or the motorcar - artificial intelligence is changing the creation of music.

Artificial intelligence is driving the expansion of the gig economy, but with growth comes growing pains.

More transparency around political donations paints a clearer picture of which parties are coming out on top financially.

A short history of spying in sport, from deep sea dives to high flying drones

AgResearch's Map and Zap device is a glimpse of a future without herbicides

A raft of changes is coming to the education sector. Will they fix the problems, or just crush creativity?

The most powerful telescope mankind has sent into orbit is opening up our understanding of how life began

The anguish, frustration, and feeling of unfinished business when highly-driven athletes come fourth at an Olympic Games

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care has finally been released. What will its real impact be?

We're being urged to re-think our attitudes towards ageing, as our population gets more and more top heavy.

Housing affordability has plagued New Zealand for decades. What needs to change?

The very public woes of a Lower Hutt GP clinic represent a wider malaise in primary care

A Samoan-only dictionary has been years in the making. Now, it's here.

Two years into their mayoral terms, the civic leaders of Wellington and Auckland have pushed through controversy, opposition and calls for their resignation

It you're actively avoiding your tax obligations, expect the spotlight of an auditor to shine brightly on your books

As diners tighten their economic belts, the restaurants that used to feed them are fending off collapse.

Questionable conduct, personal tragedy, and a changing of the guard: the internal of the Green Party.

New Zealand has a new tennis star. It's no surprise she's from Te Anau.

Players of this complex and very social game have been fighting monsters and weaving fantastical stories for half a century.

The US is rallying its allies to bring it up in a battle straight out of science fiction - a war in space