New Zealand’s Highest Paid CEO’s 2025
We are back, looking at New Zealand’s highest-paid CEO’s in 2025. We did it last year, and now it is time for a refresh. Let’s…
Inmate Used Smuggled Phones To Import $15m Of Drugs Into NZ
An Inmate inside Rimutaka prison managed to import 15 million dollars worth of illegal substances using only smuggled cellphones. The substances were hidden in various…
National Introduces Bill To Ban Social Media For U-16s In NZ
The National Party has introduced a member’s bill to ban children under 16 from accessing social media platforms in New Zealand. National MP for Tukituki…
Canterbury Duck Hunter Allegedly Shoots Animal Activists’ Drone
Police are investigating an incident at Lake Ellesmere that happened over the weekend after a duck hunter allegedly shot down an animal rights activist’s drone.…
Police Trial New Tech To Access Smartwatches
Police are now trialling a new high-tech tool that allows them to retrieve data from wearable devices such as smartwatches. The new tool, MOBILEdit, has…
Young Kiwi Completes Running Length of NZ in Memory of Late Friend
Kiwi Blake Schimanski has just completed running the entire length of Aotearoa in just 28 days to raise money for the I Am Hope foundation…
90KG Of Meth Seized At Auckland Airport In Under 12 Hours
Customs at Auckland International Airport have seized a combined total of more than 90 kilograms of meth in multiple bags on two inbound flights in…
Duffel Bags Containing $30m Of Cocaine Found In Shipping Container
Five duffel bags containing bricks of cocaine worth roughly 30 million dollars have been found in a shipping container at an Auckland business. Police said…
How A Woman’s Apple Watch Alert Led To A Cancer Diagnosis
A Hawkes Bay woman discovered she had leukaemia after thinking her Apple Watch was faulty as she believed her resting heart rate was too high. …
Police Officer Charged With Good Friday Drink Driving Offence
A Hawkes Bay police officer has had the tables turned against them after they were allegedly charged with a drink-driving related incident on Good Friday.…
NZ First Proposes Members’ Bill To Define “Woman” And “Man” In Law
Following the UK Supreme Court’s ruling that the term “women” in the British Equality Act refers only to biological women, New Zealand First has decided…
Govt Orders Health NZ To Use “Women” Instead Of “Pregnant People”
The Coalition has directed Health New Zealand to stop using the term “pregnant people” and instead use “women”. Associate Health Minister Casey Costello wrote to…
Government Proposes Getting Rid Of Full License Driving Test
The Government is proposing one of the most significant shakeups to the driving licensing system in more than ten years, which includes reducing two practical…
Wayne Brown Asks Why He Doesn’t Get A Limo After Facetime Driving Offense
Auckland Mayor or self-proclaimed “most important mayor in New Zealand” Wayne Brown has questioned why Cabinet ministers get limos and not him. This comes one…
Top 10 Most “Uniquely Kiwi” News Stories
When the rest of the world is going mad over finances and politics you can always trust New Zealand to be in its own little…
Billboards Attacking Green MPs Appear In Auckland And Wellington
Billboards attacking Green Party Co-Leader Chloe Swarbrick and MP Tamatha Paul have been displayed in Auckland and Wellington as a part of a campaign by…
Young Kiwi Accidentally Spends $6700 On Roblox Using Mum’s Credit Card
An 11-year-old boy has sent his mum into shock after it turned out he had spent thousands of dollars on the game Roblox resulting in…
90% Of Written Submissions Oppose the Treaty Principles Bill
The Parliament Justice Select Committee has just released its report on the Treaty Principle Bill and recommended it does not proceed further due to 90%…
Trump Announces Tariffs On New Zealand Goods
President Trump has imposed a new 10% tariff on all imported goods from New Zealand after making announcements today at the White House, which he…