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Media Insider: Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls to join TVNZ as business correspondent, replacing Katie Bradford
A year of high-profile media musical chairs continues with Newstalk ZB’s political editor becoming TVNZ’s new business ...
US, China agree to reduce tariffs for 90 days: Joint statement
Stocks rallied on Monday after Chinese and US officials held “substantial” trade talks and slashed their tit-for-tat tariffs ...
Cyclone Tam live updates: Auckland councillor Shane Henderson demands answers after warnings issued hour into thunderstorms, dozens of homes flooded
MetService could’ve warned Aucklanders sooner about incoming thunderstorms that lashed the city overnight, flooding homes and businesses as up to 110mm fell in some suburbs, WeatherWatch’s Philip ...
Disabled students say regular incidents on Wellington buses, trains, robbing them of autonomy
A group of disabled students say their autonomy is being taken away by bus drivers, including in one serious incident which left a wheelchair-user concussed and unable to continue their study. The ...
Stock truck carrying sheep rolls on SH1 near Balclutha
A truck carrying sheep has rolled on State Highway 1 near Balclutha in the South Island. Fire and Emergency New Zealand responded to the scene on the Clinton Highway with crews from Balclutha, Gore, ...
Coroner to deliver findings into death of Gore toddler Lachie Jones in June
A coroner will deliver final findings into the death of Gore toddler Lachie Jones in June. On Thursday, Coroner Alexander Ho ...
Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming resigns after pornographic material allegedly found on work computer - sources
The second most powerful police officer in the country resigned after pornographic material was allegedly found on his work ...
Ryan Fox reflects on maiden PGA Tour win, securing PGA Championship berth at Myrtle Beach Classic
The pieces have finally all fallen into place for Ryan Fox. For the past two months, the Kiwi golfer has often noted that his ...
Kurdish PKK says it will disband and end armed struggle
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has announced its dissolution and the end of more than four decades of armed struggle ...
US-China detente hopes send Mainfreight up 5% - Market close
Hopes that a meeting between Chinese and American officials in Switzerland would produce a détente buoyed markets to start ...
Why ‘Tina from Turners’ is leaving New Zealand for life in Samoa
Sieni Leo’o Olo, better known as Bubbah to many or “Tina from Turners” for those with a screen, is leaving her life in New ...
What does ‘being best’ mean to Melania Trump now?
It kind of reminds me of Greta Garbo,” says Katherine Jellison, a professor of history at Ohio University who studies first ...