In the March 2025 quarter, the actual volume of ready-mixed concrete produced was 854,509 cubic metres, down 1.5 percent compared with the March 2024 quarter. In the year ended March 2025, 3.8 million ...

The Philippines has long been a hotspot for electoral violence, particularly in rural areas. This remains true in the 2025 midterm elections, with a heightened number of cases of election-related ...

Emergency services are responding to a crash on Auckland’s Southern Motorway, near the Newmarket offramp. Police were alerted ...

We urge the United States to reconsider its stance and reclaim its position as a leader in global public health, saving millions of lives. Funding UNFPA – the only United Nations agency dedicated to ...

New Zealand’s largest managed groundwater rehabilitation project has been given the greenlight to expand. The community group behind the water improvement scheme in Mid Canterbury is "delighted ...

Rotorua Lakes Council is asking its regional counterpart to fork out $3.5 million more for the controversial Tarawera Sewerage Scheme. At the same time, Tarawera residents have shared how their ...

South Wairarapa councillor Rebecca Gray has challenged the Government to call a snap election due to her concerns over the equal pay law change. Gray issued the challenge during the ...

South Wairarapa is the first council to take the plunge into a proposed Wairarapa-Tararua water services entity, locking it in as its preferred option. All eyes are now on partner councils ...

State Highway 29 on the Kaimai ranges is blocked by a slip near the lookout. Motorists travelling between Bay of Plenty and Waikato should take alternative routes where possible, or delay travel.

There is a well-known whakatauki (Māori proverb) that goes: “Ka mua, ka muri” – “walking backwards into the future”. It applies to many areas of life, but in education the idea of ...

A new strategy that aligns public transport improvements with urban development is a key feature of the Regional Public Transport Plan 2025-35, recommended by the Greater Wellington Transport ...

The Government’s plans to limit the powers and scope of the Waitangi Tribunal is a disgrace. “This attack on the tribunal is nothing more than an attempt to limit the accountability the ...