The Latest Breaking News from NZ

New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson will deliver the fifth budget of Jacinda Ardern's two-term government on Thursday.

Until now, the government’s approach to climate action has largely been about getting the policy architecture right. This work is vital, but it’s more about rearranging possible futures, less about emissions reductions in the near term.

There's anger at a decision by NZ's biggest grower to keep selling its fruit to the pariah power, flouting self-imposed industry boycotts.

Energy is the double-edged sword at the root of the climate crisis. Cheap energy has improved lives and underpinned massive economic growth. But because most of it comes from burning hydrocarbon fuels, we’re now left with a legacy of high atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and an emissions-intensive economy.

Climate expert Kevin E Trenberth runs his eye over the Government's emissions reduction plan, putting it in a big picture context, and giving it a qualified thumbs up

BlackRock’s abdication of its self-proclaimed role as a champion of enlightened change could encourage other investors and incumbent managers to ease up on a wide range of environment, soc

Police have extradited a woman over the alleged murder of a two-year-old girl near Oberon in central NSW in a cold case dating back to 1987.

The young and inexperienced Hockeyroos have come from two goals down to draw 2-2 with New Zealand in Auckland.

NZ sharemarket at 20-month low as global markets continue to fall

A judge in New Zealand has cleared the country's emergency management agency of safety breaches over the 2019 White Island volcanic eruption.

A running club at the heart of rural NZ is making big strides in gender equality, encouraging girls and women of all ages to run cross country with them, Merryn Anderson discovers.