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The number of people deported after committing offences is set to explode if laws are strengthened, to the dismay of the New Zealand government

The announcement of the government’s decision to merge RNZ and TVNZ into a non-profit “public media entity” was long anticipated but, coming in the second year of Labour’s second term, underwhelming in its lack of detail.

With their daughter, Grace, watching in the stands, White Ferns Amy Satterthwaite and Lea Tahuhu have led NZ to their second victory at the Cricket World Cup.

The Commerce Commission’s much-anticipated review of supermarket competition has itself had mixed reviews. Many felt a major opportunity to reset New Zealand’s food system had been missed, others felt the commission’s final report got it about right – and supermarket owners probably breathed a little easier.

It has been described as a “game changer” that would see fossil fuels disappear from electricity generation. Lake Onslow in Central Otago is proposed to be NZ's Battery. Jill Herron reports

A batting extravaganza, the rise of the international cricketing mum and frustration over tickets – Kristy Havill shares the highlights and lowlights of the CWC22 so far.

New Zealand records its highest daily coronavirus case numbers since the pandemic started as the Omicron variant drives community transmission.

With the cabinet meeting today agreeing to targeted Russian sanctions legislation, New Zealand is preparing to circumvent its normal United Nations-based response to international crises.

The free trade agreement (FTA) signed between New Zealand and the United Kingdom this week demonstrates the intransigence of political leaders and their official advisers in the face of concerted demands to rethink the country’s trade policy paradigm.

Told at 25 she'd probably never run again, NZ middle distance champion Laura Nagel is enjoying the summer of her career, and has Paris Olympics 2024 in her sights. 

It has been interesting to watch media and public commentators come to the realisation – sometimes slowly – that the siege of parliament was not simply an anti-vaccine mandate “protest” but something with more sinister elements.