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THE National and Sunday National’s founding editor Richard Walker has announced he wants to stand for SNP in the Central Ayrshire seat at the…

Never-before-seen data obtained by Newsroom tells a grim tale of a health system under immense pressure and health workers say the situation has only worsened.

If the polls are to be believed, a new political power could be running the country next week, drawing a line under the Jacinda Ardern era

Rawiri Waititi, the co-leader of New Zealand's Maori Party, has offered support to the Yes campaign in Australia's voice referendum.

Labour will up its attacks in the final three weeks of the New Zealand election, a contest which is centre-right National's to lose.

As Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon threw their weight about on the campaign trail, it was a terrible day for some of the small parties.

The severity of the problem of a commercially viable local media is obvious, but the discussion on what to do is lacking, with National and Act failing to even turn up to a debate this week, writes Mark Jennings

Creative NZ will be asked to reconsider its funding of Arts on Tour, which says it can’t keep taking shows to small centres on its present budget.

= = =Siddharth Vishwakarma and Shrivalli Bhamidipaty won the Fenesta National Tennis Championship at the DLTA Complex on Saturday. After a knee and shoulder injury, Siddharth asserted his class with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Karan Singh. Shrivalli dethroned defending champion Vaidehi Chaudhari in a thrilling 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5)…

Out of the blue, Chris Hipkins and the governing party find some electoral love, faintly reminiscent of Jacindamania. Tim Murphy joined the throng.

Opposition Leader Chris Luxon, the likely next prime minister of New Zealand, has outlined his first-up foreign engagements should he win the election.