We're updating live from a packed council chambers as two factions go head to head to vote on a new plan that would zone for two million homes.

Barring a major upset, polling suggests Andrew Little will win the capital’s mayoral chains with relative ease. But the type of council he will lead is still up in the air.

Welcome to The Spinoff Books Confessional, in which we get to know the reading habits of Aotearoa writers, and guests. This week: Naomi Arnold, author of Northbound.

Lewers’ facial expressions were a frequent source of amusement: when Shand said “if wages show importance, the CEO is far more important than the mayor”, Lewers smiled sardonically. (The CEO is paid ...

Instead of being filled with dread by all the signs pointing to the end of democracy as we know it, the former PM has taken the productive route: writing a book.

Nearly seven months since the abrupt resignation of Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor Adrian Orr, finance minister Nicola Willis will announce his successor at 1pm today – and odds are she’ll be ...

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They want to keep Māori wards, think rates capping will fail, and say the government is being patronising and paternalistic.

A Swedish strategy game has rebranded the Tūhoe sovereignty flag as a communist emblem – a misstep that erases history, but also opens the door to telling it properly.

Still, despite economist and ratings agency arguments, rates rises have a hip pocket impact which flows straight up into local and national politics. A spokesperson for the Taxpayers’ Union told The ...

It’s a local election year, and you know what that means – few people caring enough to vote and have their voices heard in shaping their towns. In New Zealand, local election voter turnout is ...

Up next on One MP, One Pint: Act MP Cameron Luxton. Instead of being filled with dread by all the flashing signs pointing to the end of democracy as we know it, Geoffrey Palmer has taken the ...