New Zealand

While the 2023 net migration loss was higher than the previous year’s figure of 14,600, it was well below the record loss of 43,700 in 2012.

The Trust Framework Authority is New Zealand’s regulator of accredited digital identity services. It accredits providers and polices the sector.

‘There is nowhere near a material contribution of her mental health to the shoplifting,’ said a prosecutor.

The inquiry into how NZ handled the pandemic will enter a second phase, causing NZ First to invoke an ‘agree to disagree’ clause in the coalition agreement.

The journalist was blocked from entering a government press event, but by Australian officials.

With rental prices a major driver of inflation, and the Reserve Bank refusing to ease interest rates, NZ consumer confidence has plummeted 11 points.

Recurring severe turbulence events are likely to expediate research into spotting invisible turbulence, aviation professor says.

‘It is not a matter of ’if‘ but ’when‘ the next pandemic occurs,’ the New Zealand COVID-19 Royal Commission inquiry chair said.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has held out the promise of taking more NZ exports, but warned the Pacific nation against hewing too close to U.S. policy.

Māori Party President John Tamihere, who heads a web of interlinked organisations is at the centre of the allegations.

The trans rights activist who poured tomato soup over British women’s rights campaigner Posie Parker in Auckland last year has pled guilty to assault.

Drones, sophisticated fighter planes, surveillance aircraft, and possibly even a British aircraft carrier will now play a role in joint exercises.

The allegations suggest pork barrelling involving the Indigenous vote.

Community safety will over-ride connection to Australia as the primary consideration when deciding whether to deport people convicted of offences.

Finance Minister Nicola Willis has delivered a $14.7 billion tax cut package, but economic forecasts are bad and further cuts to services are planned.

Motorways have been brought to a halt, roads around Parliament closed, and extra police called in as a day of protest marks the delivery of the Budget.

Australia and New Zealand has asked TikTok to remove more content than Iraq.

A feather from an extinct New Zealand bird has sold for a record price to an unknown buyer at an auction in Auckland.

Both the Australian and New Zealand Defence Force are on their way to New Caledonia to rescue people trapped there by days of bloody violence.

Kāinga Ora manages the government’s rental stock and builds more houses, with an annual expenditure of $2.5 billion and total assets of $45 billion.