Depending on whether results are favourable or unfavourable politicians tend to support or dismiss opinion polls. The polling industry argues historical data proves you can trust the results.

Young NZ archer inspired by a Kiwi great of the sport, Neroli Fairhall, has hopes set on World Cup events and then the LA OIympics ...

Canterbury writer Lorraine Carmody has won 3rd place in the Sargeson Prize with a short story about a nurse caring for a woman at her home ...

The best news though was that the Greens slipped a point, too. That’ll wipe the smirk off Chlöe’s face!

If the Republican Party loses its grip on Congress after the mid-term elections, look for Trump to find someone else to blame.

Canterbury writer Lorraine Carmody has won 3rd place in the Sargeson Prize with a short story about a nurse caring for a ...

The Greens say the system is rigged against regular people, and this report highlights the need for a wealth tax. Jonathan Milne reports.

Newly released document reveals Fisheries Minister Shane Jones didn't take official advice to extend the Otago set net ban ...

From squash and tennis to kabaddi, Stephen Hewson explores a century of sporting connections between New Zealand and India that go beyond cricket and hockey ...

First-home buyers have claimed a record share of NZ property purchases, helped by lower mortgage rates, more choice and less competition.

Headline-grabbing ex-minister Ron Mark says Defence chiefs 'polish their arse on a seat in Wellington' without learning the lessons of modern asymmetric warfare from Ukraine. He talks to Jonathan ...

Lloyd Jones’ new memoir The Beaded Curtain is a journal of suffering and loneliness, rendered poetically. The mood is melancholic, disconnected, death-haunted. It opens with a killing and there are ...