NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is reminding owners of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids that they need to start paying road user charges from April 1. Electric... Read More

A report published by the Education Review Office today shows behaviour in New Zealand classrooms is among the worst in the OECD and action is needed, Minister... Read More

Rotorua ratepayers are facing a potential average 10.24 per cent rates rise in what one council leader describes as 'by far the most challenging” draft... Read More

The Labour Inspectorate is reminding employers and employees of their rights and responsibilities leading up to the Easter period. Labour Inspectorate Head... Read More

New Zealand farms could stop buying 'blood phosphate' and lower their greenhouse gas emissions by getting a common fertiliser from local mines, a report... Read More

Hardworking families are set to benefit from a new credit to help them meet their early childcare education costs, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says. From... Read More

The Coalition Government has committed $2.9 million to ensure intermediate and secondary schools continue providing period products to those who need them, Minister... Read More

Seventy-five workers at Rotorua's council-controlled organisation InfraCore who would normally be tending to the city's garden beds and graves were instead waving... Read More

Mental health and addiction specialists will begin working at emergency departments at four large hospitals this year, the government says. The scheme will... Read More

Rotorua MP Todd McClay says he has no qualms about calling in police reinforcements to deal with gangs. New special search powers are now available to police,... Read More

More than 400 jobs could go as the Ministry for Primary Industries and the Ministry of Health look to cut their budgets. The Ministry for Primary Industries... Read More

UPDATE 7.52AM: A 29-year-old man is facing charged following a brawl which left two people dead and other badly injured. A homicide investigation was launched... Read More