New Zealand

Key trainers and officials are disappointed by the ban across the ditch and say that animal welfare has never been better.

Kevin Andrews has been hailed by many as a ‘Liberal warrior’. But in his later years, he proved the pen could be at least as mighty as the sword.

The National Party-led coalition government has restored New Zealand landlords’ power to evict tenants without cause, with as little as 42 days notice required.

The Associate Minister of Immigration Chris Penk overturned the ban imposed by his department.

Three MPs from the Māori Party and one from Labour have been referred to the Privileges Committee after they interrupted voting on a contentious bill.

Deputy Prime Minister and Racing Minister Winston Peters had backed greyhound racing months ago.

11 people are facing charges after police foiled a scheme to import the drug from Brazil via a shipping container.

Both supermarket chains in New Zealand, Woolworths and Pak'nSave, are headed to court over inaccurate pricing and misleading specials.

Between 30 and 50 people have been threatened with injury or death if they reveal they have been trafficked, First Union claims.

The New Zealand government may opt for a strategy focused on preventing additional warming from methane, rather than achieving a significant reduction.

The Chief of Defence says the military will have to ‘pause or turn off’ a ‘raft of things’ as a result of a budget blowout.

Several regional centres will be affected as the number of seats to and from Wellington are reduced.

So far the H7N6 virus is confined to 1 farm in the southern province of Otago, and birds are to be destroyed in the hope of preventing the spread.

The official cash rate has been cut by 50 points, providing homeowners with some relief, and retailers with some hope.

The food and wine in New Zealand have grown to be superb.

The Treaty Principles Bill is aimed at ending perceived ‘race-based’ laws and rights that have fathered Maori-specific institutions and positions.

Beijing seems to see impending U.S. tariffs as an opportunity to win allies in the Indo-Pacific.

Speaker Gerry Brownlee was forced to take the rare move of suspending the House and clearing the public gallery after Maori Party MPs performed a haka.

The bill has disappeared from Parliament’s schedule of business.

As protesters march from the top of the North Island and bottom of the South to meet in Wellington, their numbers are growing, causing disruption.