A man believed to have suffered around 1000 instances of sexual abuse as a young boy was scared into silence by his abuser’s threats. But 30 years on, after decades of pain, the man has faced his ...

The furore surrounding the storied Adelaide Writers Festival, the longest-running and largest literary festival in Australia and one that receives significant taxpayer funding, has made international ...

The Wellington City Council’s latest budget blowout has been revealed ‒ a $56 million shortfall between what was budgeted and reality. The second phase of the council’s social housing upgrade ...

A video of convicted murderer Scott Watson attacking another prisoner was played to the Parole Board as it met to decide if he should be released from jail after 27 years. In the video, several ...

Today we celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi - a day which should be called Emancipation Day. For on the 6th of February 1840, slavery became illegal in New Zealand. The granting of Britis ...

Radio NZ reports: 2026 is a "Goldilocks" year for first-home buyers, with lower interest rates, lots of houses to choose from and banks willing to lend to people with small deposits, market ...

More than 36,500 Iranians were allegedly killed during a brutal, two-day crackdown against anti-regime protesters, the deadliest in the history of the Islamic Republic, according to a new report. The ...

Wellington Deputy Mayor got in a Twitter exchange and referred to another user as a "nonce". The person complained to WCC that this was a breach of the code of conduct, as nonce is a term used to call ...

On Tuesday The Post published an op ed from me, arguing that the collapse of the rules based order meant that New Zealand should become the seventh state of Australia. I say: Since World War II there ...

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith and the Electoral Commission are in open disagreement over the date they will be able to deliver full election results, following Goldsmith’s controversial law aimed at ...

February 5, 2026 8:00am by Kokila Patel General Debate 05 February 2026 ...