Pacific Finance Ministers Get Hands-On With Marshall Islands Digital Money

Giff Johnson RNZ Pacific Marshall Islands correspondent. The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) finance ministers got hands-on experience using the Marshall Islands' new digital money sy ...
Opinion

Trump Breaks It, We Pay For It: The Cost Of Cleaning Up The Deep State’s Mess

That is the real cost of cleaning up Trump’s messes. It is not merely the $1.776 billion slush fund, the tariff refunds, the deportation flights, the ICE raids, the Reflecting Pool, the East Wing, the ...

Kiwi Distillery Eyes Global Expansion After Whey-Based Gin Judged World-Leading

A Tauranga craft distillery is set for global expansion after its whey-based gin was judged the highest-rated gin at one of ...

Councils Pin Hopes On Government Transport Review

Canterbury local government leaders say a Government review of land transport funding is long overdue. The Government plans to review the National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) funding system, which ...

New Awards Celebrate Excellence And Delivering Real Results For Students

Teachers, principals and schools across New Zealand are being celebrated in the first inaugural Education Excellence Awards, Education Minister Erica Stanford hosted today. The inaugural New Zealand ...

Generators Gone As Northern Mariana Islands Continues Recovery Post Sinlaku

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) has reached a recovery milestone following Super Typhoon Sinlaku, with the last emergency generators deployed by the Federal Emergency ...

Whistle Blown Over Goalpost Move On Contested Land

A kaumātua of Puketapu hapū has blown the whistle on New Plymouth's council after new football goals sprouted on a contested land block. The land, Mangati E, was taken under the ...

New Family-Friendly Activity For Hanmer

A disc golf course in Hanmer Springs is a step closer. The Hanmer Springs Community Board approved the design of a new disc golf course for Tarndale Park at a meeting on Monday, J ...

Community Sponsorship For Refugees Should Not Be At The Expense Of The Refugee Quota

World Vision New Zealand welcomes today’s announcement to make the Community Organisation Refugee Sponsorship programme ...

PM Puts On 'Usual Luxon Charm' For Rural Sector At Primary Industries Summit

Luxon spent Wednesday morning in Auckland at the Primary Industries New Zealand Summit and sat down with Federated Farmers ...

'Still Too High': Tauranga Sets Reduced 7.2% Rates Rise

An average rates rise of 7.2 percent has been set for Tauranga in the coming financial year. While lower than forecast, councillors said it was still too high and community organisations were bearing ...

STARLIFT Draws In NZ As States Seek Rocket Launchpads

The Nikkei news agency earlier reported that NATO had invited New Zealand to join STARLIFT, along with Japan, South Korea and ...