“We've got more interesting things to talk about than dresses,” the finance minister said after being asked if she was wearing the same outfit she did during the Budget.

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OPINION: The Christchurch City Council is to be applauded for moving so swiftly to reinstate a clutch of social-housing units, taken off-line after breaching those ropy meth contamination safety ...

OPINION: Water quality was one of the central issues of the general election. Claims and counterclaims were made around pollution levels and culpability. The Labour Party's proposed tax on the ...

Waxy, new season potatoes are essential on the Christmas table, but to ensure a harvest by December 25 you need to have potatoes chitting by late August and in the ground by mid-September.

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A herd of wildebeest and zebras at the water hole in Serengeti national park, Tanzania, Africa.123rf / Not-For-Syndication A lone Cape buffalo was crossing the arid, scooped-out plain at the ...

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Emergency services are responding to an aircraft crash at Tauranga Airport. A police spokesperson told Newshub emergency services responded to a "light aircraft crash," at the airport at around 1 ...

Poker-straight hair is on the out and wash-'n'-wear-looking styles are set to take over for spring, so we figured now was the prefect time to start tying up loose ends. Although working a ...

Carter Holt Harvey, the pulp, paper and packaging company owned by New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart, has sold its Australian and New Zealand folding box business to Australian packaging company ...

Crusaders wing Sevu Reece: The All Blacks speedster tied TJ Perenara for the Super Rugby try-scoring record (65) last week in Sydney, and will go out on top alone if he touches down against the ...