On Monday, building and construction minister Chris Penk told reporters the government would remove the New Building Standards ratings used to determine whether a building has a low, medium or high ...

Fears that Vision for Wellington would become a de facto conservative political action committee dissipated over time, especially once Tory Whanau exited the race. They had a centre-right bent but ...

Many in Queenstown also support density, particularly in Frankton, the area around the airport, five kilometres from the main town. Well-connected by bus, with several big supermarkets and the high ...

New Zealander Ashley (Ash) Stanley-Ryan is a PhD candidate in international law at the Geneva Graduate Institute. He teaches international law and has advised both states and international ...

At a time when the international system 'stands on the precipice of breaking down', New Zealand’s stance may chip away at what remains of its foundation.

Porirua locals are voting on a potential mega-council merger, and, bucking the national trend, picking a mayor from an all-female lineup.

A Christchurch man is taking Kāinga Ora to the tenancy tribunal over a bedroom-based discrepancy that has seen him evicted from his home of 13 years. To the naked eye, it definit ...

Once water reform is out of the way, all eyes will turn to the complex, expensive quagmire of the council's social housing.

Winston Peters promised that New Zealand’s recognition of Palestine was a matter of 'when, not if', which has a real deadbeat-dad-promises-he’ll-have-his-shit-together-next-week air about it.

For a long time the Black Ferns' immense talent has papered over shortcomings in how we run the women's game. But talent alone is no longer enough.

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But where the personal website lives on is in local elections, where candidates suddenly think that it might be a good idea to have their own domain name. The Spinoff has been spending far too much ...