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Election 2026: Greens promise to scrap apprentice training wage, offer $2000 equipment grants
The training wage is $19.16 an hour, 80% of the $23.95 adult minimum wage.
Purple vote collapse: Is an existential reckoning awaiting Labour and National? – Derek Cheng
'A doomsday scenario for National, but absolutely an existential moment for Labour' too.
Car crashes, hundreds without water, after water main bursts
A car has crashed and a road has been damaged, following a burst water main in the Auckland suburb of New Windsor.
Conditions looking good as last South Island skifield shuts for the season
The Cardrona skifield had intended to close last weekend, but after good conditions the season was extended by a week.
West Auckland crime spree: Zion Harris sentenced for attacks on strangers, Woolworths arson
The robber with a history of psychosis felt unsupported after being released on parole.
Northland has highest rate of severe food insecurity, Hunger Monitor finds
Northland has the highest rate of severe food insecurity in New Zealand.
Healthcare out of reach, Māori seats up for grabs
Māori are going without healthcare or putting it off because of the cost and the unavailability of services, a new survey reveals.
Tropical depression develops into a cyclone in Cook Islands waters
A tropical depression that's been brewing in Cook Islands waters has developed into a tropical cyclone.
Country Life: The evolution of the country pub
Juggling finances, long hours and community involvement is part of the gig for rural publicans.
Country Life: Spring has sprung in the garden
The warmer weather means it's time to turn my attention back to the garden, bringing in the crops ready for harvest and preparing my seedlings for the coming season too.
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Election 2026: Small town struggles – Raetihi battles Winstone mill closures aftermath
Mill closures wiped out 230 high-paid jobs across the region and hit the town hard.
Cervical cancer: The women left in painful positions from failed prevention
Each year about 175 people are diagnosed and 55 people die from this type of cancer.
Fetu Samoa win praise despite loss
Fetu Samoa win praise from Australia despite 40-0 loss
Analysis: Christopher Luxon says his government has 'certainly strengthened healthcare' - has it really?
The worst flu outbreak in 10 years has tested the mettle of the health system - and the prime minister's claim it's in better shape than three years ago.
Exhibition celebrates six generations of Hetet and Te Kanawa weaving whānau
The work of the Hetet and Te Kanawa whānau helped safeguard raranga and take it to the world stage.
Waikato development: 301-home project in doubt over Cambridge fill plan
ResourceCo seeks consent to place 1.36 million cubic metres of fill at Cambridge Rd.
Letters: Muldoon and Black Power are a political precedent for affinity
OPINION: Political parties have worked with gangs before – by National PM Rob Muldoon.
Mauao Māori wardens spat at and pelted with bottles while guarding closed maunga
Māori Wardens have guarded the cordon since January's fatal Mount Maunganui landslide.
'Simply unacceptable': Charities call for sustained political action on child poverty
They say close to 170,000 tamariki are going without essentials on a regular basis.
