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Over Half A Million People Owe Tax. How Did This Happen?

Tuesday, 11 August 2026, 3:36 pm | RNZ

Micro and small-to-medium businesses were responsible for 65 percent of outstanding tax debt, and GST and employer deductions such as PAYE were 57 percent of overall debt. More >>

Cabinet Reshuffle On The Cards, Tonga PM Confirms

Tuesday, 11 August 2026, 3:28 pm | RNZ

The two - former Tourism and Infrastructure Minister Semisi Sika and former Finance Minister Lata Tangimana - were found guilty of bribery by the Nuku'alofa Magistrates' Court during the 2025 general election. More >>

Bougainville President Warns Of Going Against Peace Process

Tuesday, 11 August 2026, 3:26 pm | RNZ

Toroama made the comment while addressing last week's meeting in Port Moresby of the Joint Supervisory Body co-chaired by PNG's prime minister, James Marape. More >>

Remote Tokelauan Atoll Becomes Temporary Global Comms Hub

Tuesday, 11 August 2026, 3:24 pm | RNZ

The Fakaofo team plans to operate several stations from the 160-to-6-metre amateur bands using voice, Morse code and digital modes. More >>

Papua New Guinea Seeks Dialogue Over New Hefty US Visa Bond

Tuesday, 11 August 2026, 3:21 pm | RNZ

Visa bonds have become a mainstay policy of the US State Department when it comes to travel from certain third-world countries, including five Pacific Island nations. More >>

Christopher Luxon's Grip On Leadership Questioned Again

Tuesday, 11 August 2026, 10:57 am | RNZ

National's Chris Bishop and Rima Nakhle have thrown their full support behind Christopher Luxon as his leadership comes under renewed pressure. More >>

Labour MP Sounds Alarm About 115,000 On Dormant Electoral Roll

Tuesday, 11 August 2026, 10:51 am | RNZ

People were typically shifted onto the dormant roll if the Electoral Commission had tried and failed to get in touch them. More >>

Call For More Investment In Pacific Early Childhood Education By Pioneering Pasifika ECE Professor

Monday, 10 August 2026, 5:34 pm | RNZ

Pacific ECE has been built up over more than five decades of community efforts across Aotearoa, with Matapo pointing to pioneers such as Teupoko'ina Morgan and Jan Taouma. More >>

Solomon Islands PM Urges 'No More Secrecy' Over Treaties With Other Countries

Monday, 10 August 2026, 5:26 pm | RNZ

Wale has said he was only permitted to read the 2022 agreement one day before an official meeting in Canberra in May this year, shortly after he was elected prime minister. More >>

Paramount Lau Chief Urges Australia To Introduce Visa-Free Travel For Fijians

Monday, 10 August 2026, 5:08 pm | RNZ

Fijians should be allowed to have visa stamped on arrival in Australia, he said, similar to arrangements for Australians travelling into Fiji. More >>

Chris Hipkins Officially Rules Out Working With New Zealand First In Any Government He Leads

Monday, 10 August 2026, 5:05 pm | RNZ

Hipkins had previously said it was "highly unlikely" his party would work with New Zealand First again, and had already ruled out working with Peters as foreign affairs minister. More >>

Electoral Commission Campaign Looks To Educate Voters After Enrolment Changes

Monday, 10 August 2026, 4:25 pm | RNZ

CEO and chief electoral officer Karl le Quesne said that was different to previous campaigns, and "that's really just to grab people's attention". More >>

'How's This Going To Work?' - Patient Advocate Horrified At Broken Equipment In Dental Clinic

Monday, 10 August 2026, 7:43 am | RNZ

The oral health clinic at Auckland Hospital had continued to carry out oral screening assessments for some patients, despite the lack of chair. More >>

National's Debt Reduction Target Lacks Ambition - Economist

Monday, 10 August 2026, 7:39 am | RNZ

Leader Christopher Luxon said if the government's books were not in order, the country was vulnerable to economic shocks. More >>

Pacific Foreign Ministers To Discuss Solomons' Idea For Regional Security Treaty

Friday, 7 August 2026, 2:27 pm | RNZ

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale, who is also PIF chair, began promoting the concept of a regional security agreement soon after he was elected leader by his country's parliament in May. More >>

Raising GST Threshold Just Shifts The Problem, Tax Expert Says

Friday, 7 August 2026, 2:20 pm | RNZ

Big businesses would have to pay small suppliers within 15 days on invoices of $25,000 or less, and publish how quickly they paid suppliers. More >>

Winston Peters Says Pacific Missed Chance To Issue Statement After Chinese Missile Test

Friday, 7 August 2026, 2:05 pm | RNZ

Peters had a brief discussion with Australia's foreign minister Penny Wong on Friday morning ahead of the meeting, but would not say whether the two countries were on the same page. More >>

New Evidence Immigration Minister Was Kept In Dark About Major Budget Blowout

Friday, 7 August 2026, 2:02 pm | RNZ

Stanford's concerns prompted her to pass the two conflicting reports onto the inquiry into Immigration NZ, led by Michael Heron KC. More >>

Manasseh Sogavare Unleashes On Solomon Islands Government Over US Agreement

Thursday, 6 August 2026, 6:15 pm | RNZ

The debate included a focus on foreign policy, an area of apparent flux in the country since Wale wasted little time after being elected in May in moving to strengthen ties with Australia and the US. More >>

Cost Of Living Takes Centre-Stage Ahead Of Cook Islands Election

Thursday, 6 August 2026, 6:12 pm | RNZ

The issue of water tariffs has also emerged as a contentious election topic, after the introduction of user levies following upgrades to Rarotonga's water network. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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