The Latest Breaking News from NZ

New Zealand's top trade dealmaker says European Union ratification of our trade deal can’t be taken for granted, given loud complaints from some of the continent's farming groups.

Laura Clarke discusses the ties that bind the NZ and UK, and the worrying state of the world, as she leaves NZ.

Jacinda Ardern has expressed her condolences over the NSW flood crisis during a meeting with Premier Dominic Perrottet.

Peter Coaldrake’s report to Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Let the Sunshine In, is a clear and frank assessment of culture and accountability in the Queensland public sector today. With one exception, it also offers refreshing guidance to jurisdictions across Australia showing signs of complacency about integrity.

NZ PM Jacinda Ardern and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews have discussed drawing on the Australian state's infrastructure expertise during talks in Melbourne.

Uber operates a ‘brilliant and thorough’ system for controlling its drivers, the Employment Court has heard. Rebecca Macfie reports.

DHBs are replaced with big national health authorities this week, but patients and suppliers are yet to discover where they will fit on NZ's new health map  |  Content partnership

The widow of a NZ pilot killed on the road after arriving to help fight bushfires says she'd lost their home and had had to fight breast cancer without him.

As Health NZ begins taking over from DHBs this week, Rob Campbell declares 'war' on those exploiting the health system for their own commercial gain

A complaint against Creative New Zealand funding is upheld

Is Jacinda Ardern's invite to a prestigious alliance summit a sign of NZ being drawn into war - or a chance to find new friends?