OPINION: It's a Budget mostly devoted to salving middle-class pain, when it could have helped those at the bottom.

The country’s arts sector is “under-represented ... yet again” in the Budget, one advocate says, with another sounding a warning about performance measures the Government has set against cultural authorities’ funding.

Pharmac has had its biggest ever funding boost, but some New Zealanders fear it still won’t be enough to keep them alive.

An overhaul of the decile system and early childhood pay parity boost are welcome moves, sector leaders say, but persistent gaps remain in skills and pay.

The New Conservative Party co-leader wants to transform the Harbour Bridge, get tough on crime and shake up the council.

This year's Budget has failed to do anything about the "widening gap between the haves and the have-nots", disappointed social agencies say.

REVIEW: Film-maker Eskil Vogt has crafted something uncompromisingly dense and confronting, laying it out in an understated, coolly observational fashion.

In a world of multiple crises (Covid, climate and cost of living) Covid crisis, it was never going to be a steady-as-she-goes Budget Day.

The Comedy for a Cause show on Friday will raise money for Big Brother Big Sisters of Manawatū.

While Palmerston North shoppers are happy to get additional support to tackle the high cost of living, some are worried it may not be enough.

Across New Zealand, cases in all schools, kura, and early childhood education (ECE) centres have risen by over 20% in a week.

When Aucklander Tim Groenendaal saw pictures of people fleeing the war-torn country with their dogs, he knew he had to do something to help. Now he's on the ground - and on a mission to raise nearly $40k.

Hari Rapata feels his te reo journey has only just begun, but it has already changed his life in the best of ways.

Law-breaking dog owners are causing problems on a Christchurch beach, including dog attacks, assaults and poo being left on the sand.

The Government's Budget is awash with big numbers and big promises. Here's how to understand it.

Ngāti Kauwhata is working on an ambitious project that will see youth carve out two wetlands on ancestral land.

Haami Hanara was 14 when he was found guilty of killing a man, even though he had mulitple serious difficulties.

After four years of uncertainty for tenants, Napier City Council has finally made a decision about its social housing portfolio.

You can't make a wrong turn on this roadie, from Unesco World Heritage-listed parks to snow-capped mountains and off-the-beaten-track gems.

Napier has the country's biggest housing waitlist, per capita, in the country. The housing agency wants to deliver not just houses but homes,