It's no coincidence that across the OECD, fertility rates tend to be higher where men and women can more easily balance work and family life.

Urban streams are often channelled into pipes. But there’s another way.

From classics to melts and meatballs to riblets, all the signature Subway subs ranked from least to most enjoyed.

If someone were to cause harm solely to nature, but not people, New Zealand has very few legal tools available to hold them accountable.

With cases ticking up, a national 'immunisation week' hopes to encourage more New Zealanders to get their kids – and themselves – vaccinated for measles. <br /> <br /> ...

In mid-2024, Judge Holden upheld my personal grievance and ruled that the university had breached its contractual obligations to protect my health and safety. She awarded me $20,000 in damages. You ...

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In his first face-to-face encounter with Donald Trump, Christopher Luxon has exchanged hair jokes and golf banter, shared a view on tarrifs and, unlike so many of his counterparts around the world, ...

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Woman Far Walking, and the premiere of a new bilingual version. Sam Brooks talks to the playwright Witi Ihimaera and actor Miriama McDowell ahead of the show’s ...

The number of deaths caused by Samoa’s measles outbreak. Most were children under five. The percentage of the population that needs to be vaccinated against measles to achieve immunity and prevent ...

We mark Halloween with a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the debaucherous MPs, fires and feral animals that haunt parliament’s past.

Alex Casey reviews Pike River, out in cinemas nationwide this week. One of the many enduring scenes in Pike River sees Anna Osborne (Melanie Lynskey) holed up in Sonya Rockhouses ...