10+ hour, 16+ min ago   (1337+ words) Analysis - The end, when it arrived, was as chaotic as the birth. On 9 November 1989, after months of escalating protests, an East German official mistakenly announced on live television that citizens could travel unimpeded to the West, immediately. Within hours, hordes…...

1+ hour, 59+ min ago   (729+ words) Auckland may soon be without the local food safety information bylaw that has helped Aucklanders make informed decisions about where to buy food for years. The Food Safety Information Bylaw, which promotes high food safety standards and requires most Auckland…...

7+ hour, 29+ min ago   (768+ words) The government may opt to keep its cost of living payment for a little longer, despite one of the triggers to end the payments likely to be met. The deputy prime minister, who argued for the four-week test in the…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago   (1176+ words) Your face could be your next big ticket. With a scan of it, you could be granted entry to AFL games, concerts or even conferences. Facial recognition technology (FRT), which has been used instead of digital or paper tickets in…...

2+ hour, 22+ min ago   (368+ words) National would be "very unwise" to push ahead with a social media ban on under-16-year-olds "at the expense of coalition unity", ACT leader David Seymour says. NZ First leader Winston Peters agrees, calling that course of action a "seriously…...

3+ hour, 6+ min ago   (693+ words) The education minister says she has already given Labour plenty of opportunities to see a proposed bill that aims to ban social media for under-16s, despite a Labour MP claiming he is the only one allowed to see it. Labour's…...

2+ hour, 45+ min ago   (1060+ words) Listen to HELP Auckland executive director, Kathryn McPhillips on Checkpoint at 4.30pm Two specialist sexual violence support organisations are calling for police to review other cases investigated by a former police officer, following a damning review into a historical sexual assault…...

2+ hour, 59+ min ago   (253+ words) Poultry farmers will be required to create bird flu biosecurity plans under new government regulations. Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard said the regulations would help farmers manage the disease, protect livelihoods, and secure domestic food supply. "Now that H5 bird flu is…...

6+ hour, 1+ min ago   (835+ words) Designers behind popular local brands like Ruby keep seeing their creations show up on fast fashion websites. They're at a loss about how to tackle the issue. New Zealand clothing brands say they've had a gutsful of offshore fast fashion…...

4+ hour, 33+ min ago   (1049+ words) A representative of a non-government organisation working to assist Tongans prepare for settlement in New Zealand under the Pacific Access Category resident visa programme believes the project will be a game-changer for Pacific Islanders if they make use of it....