A long and fraught journey to upgrade Featherston’s wastewater treatment plant has reached a significant milestone, with a 10 ...

“The Government of the Republic of Vanuatu commends the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on its landmark advisory opinion on climate change, issued today in response to a UN General Assembly ...

GENEVA (23 July 2025) – UN experts* today expressed grave concern over alarming reports of targeted abductions, disappearances, and gender-based violence against women and girls, particularly from the ...

Timaru earned its place in the trans-Tasman final after taking out New Zealand’s National Water Taste Test. Then event, ...

A U.S. federal court last week granted a preliminary injunction in Smith v. Trump, a lawsuit brought by Fortify Rights CEO Matthew Smith and human rights advocate Akila Radhakrishnan challenging the ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) should investigate war crimes, including abductions, torture, killings, and beheadings of Rohingya civilians committed by the Arakan Army (AA), a powerful ethnic ...

Naw Paw Pree, Indigenous Karen from the Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG), joined the International Festival for People’s Rights and Struggles (IFPRS) with IPMSDL as one of the co-organizers, and felt ...

The new Consumer Care Obligations might help reduce some of the risks. Power companies must now comply with these obligations when working with households struggling to pay their bills, are facing ...

State Highway 8/Manuka Gorge Highway, between Johnston Road and Burma Road is closed following a serious crash. At around ...

The Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) once again is calling for ‘hate speech’ laws against their ...

Dedication and determination is what it took for Jada Jelinek to make the under-18 Aotearoa Māori volleyball team. Following a trial in September 2024, she was one of three South Islanders selected to ...

An outburst from the dock, a "bizarre" conversation with a relative about her dead mother's money at her funeral, and a ...