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Privileges Committee Chair Calls Urgent Meeting Over Leaked FENZ Report
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 5:19 pm | RNZ
The powerful privileges committee has been called to an unscheduled meeting on Thursday by its chair to discuss how to handle a complaint about a leaked report. More >>
Labour To Pause Government’s School Curriculum Overhaul, NCEA Changes If Elected
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 5:16 pm | RNZ
Teacher union the Educational Institute said educators would welcome Labour's support for an independent body because it would stop curriculum instability becoming the norm. More >>
School Owes Hours Of Backpay After Teacher Not Paid For 10 Minutes Of Every Hour
Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 6:20 pm | RNZ
School principal Helen Newcombe told RNZ it could not disclose information about its employees' salaries and entitlements. More >>
Tuvalu And Taiwan 'Like Brothers', President Lai Ching-te Says
Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 6:04 pm | RNZ
China claims Taiwan as part of its territory, but Taipei rejects Beijing's sovereignty claim, saying only the island's people can decide their future. More >>
Panguna Attack: PNG Minister Claims Indian Miner Was Warned Against Investing In Bougainville
Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 6:01 pm | RNZ
Bougainville police chief Francis Tokura said a group of people from Buin in Bougainville's south were involved with the invasion of the mine site and the use of high-powered weapons. More >>
Fiji Declares HIV Emergency As 1 In 60 Fijian Adults Live With HIV
Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 5:55 pm | RNZ
The health minister confirmed that the government's current estimates indicated that one in every 60 adults in Fiji is living with HIV. More >>
Tom Phillips Inquiry Exposes Multiple Mistakes By Police And Oranga Tamariki
Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 5:17 pm | RNZ
Despite police being dispatched, they were diverted to a family harm incident before they got there and later recorded the initial callout as 'no further action required'. More >>
Prime Minister Apologises To Tom Phillips' Children And Their Mother Following Inquiry
Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 5:10 pm | RNZ
Christopher Luxon did not attend the press conference at Parliament alongside minister in charge of the inquiry Louise Upston, Police Commissioner Richard Chambers, and OT chief executive Amanda Malu. More >>
Winston Peters Mocks National As 'Great Pretender' Over Supermarket Policy
Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 5:07 pm | RNZ
Heading into the debating chamber, NZ First leader Winston Peters paused to play reporters a snippet of the 1955 song "The Great Pretender" on his phone. More >>
Flu Season Hitting Children's Hospitals Hard, Extra Paediatricians Called In
Tuesday, 15 September 2026, 4:55 pm | RNZ
PHF Science figures showed there had been about 70 children with the most severe respiratory symptoms admitted each week for the past four weeks to Kidz First and Starship hospitals. More >>
'Horrendously High' Number Of HIV Infections In Fiji Babies - Health Researcher
Tuesday, 15 September 2026, 4:53 pm | RNZ
The New Zealand government website SafeTravel says people travelling to Fiji should avoid activities that could increase their risk of infection. More >>
US Think Tank Proposes Military Shift To Guam, CNMI And Pacific Islands
Tuesday, 15 September 2026, 4:49 pm | RNZ
Under the proposed strategy, Tinian in the CNMI could become one of several smaller air bases used to disperse US personnel and military assets across the Pacific. More >>
Pacific Households To Be Hardest Hit By Scheduled Benefit Cuts, Social Housing Rent Hikes
Tuesday, 15 September 2026, 4:46 pm | RNZ
Ahead of Budget 2026, government ministers were presented with modelling that estimated 26,000 Pacific families would see their weekly income fall by an average of $30.75 from April next year. More >>
Ministers Confirm Law Change On Councils' Development Contributions On The Way
Tuesday, 15 September 2026, 4:41 pm | RNZ
The council has started an investigation into how to tell developers, and potential residents, that it will not provide or fund some services in out-of-sequence projects. More >>
'They're Not Coming Home': Shane Jones Defends Denying Citizenship To Australia-Based Māori
Tuesday, 15 September 2026, 4:38 pm | RNZ
New Zealand First's Shane Jones is defending the party's immigration policy, telling Mata the party will no longer allow citizenship to be "trivialised". More >>
ACT Wants To Freeze Minimum Wage And Reduce Youth Training Rate
Tuesday, 15 September 2026, 4:34 pm | RNZ
ACT Small Business spokesperson Laura McClure said laws designed to improve pay and conditions had not worked and "truly higher wages" required businesses being allowed to grow. More >>
How Much Beneficiaries Are Left With After Paying The Rent
Monday, 14 September 2026, 4:38 pm | RNZ
The Ministry of Social Development's total incomes report showed inflation-adjusted average incomes to April last year continued to drop, from $262 in 2024 and $263 in 2023. More >>
Jobs Still Lagging As Services Sector Improves
Monday, 14 September 2026, 4:26 pm | RNZ
New Zealand's services sector has expanded for a third consecutive month, with new business continuing to drive a gradual recovery across the country's largest economic sector. More >>
'We Have Suffered So Much': Family Demands Answers After Psychiatric Patient Murder
Monday, 14 September 2026, 4:24 pm | RNZ
Laisa Waka Tunidau was stabbed to death by Zakariye Mohamed Hussein outside her Sockburn home in June 2022. More >>
Bougainville President Condemns 'Terroristic Acts Of Violence' At Panguna Mine
Monday, 14 September 2026, 4:17 pm | RNZ
President Ishmael Toroama said he strongly condemned the actions of those who assaulted personnel and destroyed equipment at the Lloyds Metals camp. More >>
