Analysis: Marketed as a convenient way to pay for purchases over time, the schemes are fundamentally still a form of debt.
Cognitive testing has "long been a contentious issue" for older drivers in New Zealand.
Labour disputes all but one of the nine would be a new tax under a government it leads.
The poll comes after a term in which the Government's approach to Māori issues has been among its most contested.
A Commerce Commission review is required to determine whether it would leave shoppers better off but what do experts think?
Canada could become the EU's first associate member as tensions with Washington push Ottawa toward an unprecedented new partnership.
Peter "Tiki" Mason, a 71-year-old motorbike rider from Ballarat, died after hitting a pothole on the Western Highway, near Trawalla Rd west of Ballarat on Sunday.
Melbourne's Australian Grand Prix won't have the privilege of opening the 2027 Formula One season.
Harris will play his only New Zealand show at the event in Hagley Park in February, while Kings of Leon will return to the city for the first time in almost 20 years.
Bailee Lynn Rios, 36, of Simi Valley, was arrested and is being held at a Los Angeles jail with bail set at US$4 million (NZ$7 million), police said.
The credentials will be stored in the Govt.nz app wallet.
Wall Street wobbled after the US central bank's first rate hike in three years, with investors bracing for what could come next.
The morning's headlines in 90 seconds, including how hard it might be to shake up our supermarkets, and speculation mounts over the new James Bond.
"His life mattered to me," one of Selwyn Robson's siblings said. "His life mattered to our whānau."
The Government has announced a rule change it says would make it easier for hospitality businesses to get people home safely and help reduce the risk of drink driving.
Among the dead were 11 children who had been inside the building damaged by a missile earlier in the war.
"Significant" remedial work was required to fix the Wairarapa home, with the unlicensed builder fined $5600 in Masterton District Court this week.
Nicholas Brandram, 44, was arrested in June over the unsolved incident, in which a woman was pushed into the path of an oncoming bus on Putney Bridge nearly a decade ago.
The European Union's top diplomat today said Canada could be given the status in the wake of its ongoing trade war with Donald Trump’s US.
Construction was up 2.7% in the quarter, the larged upward contributor.
The new crater is larger than the Roman Colosseum and was formed by a powerful impact two years ago.
Large black lettering appeared across the bottom of the Bath St mural.
NZTA said "general caution is being encouraged where snow and flooding remain" after two state highways reopened.
More people are using Waikato’s public transport network, but the regional council has still taken a $40 million loss on operational costs.
In the latest of its debates between candidates in the Māori seats, TVNZ's Marae spoke to three hopefuls in Ikaroa-Rāwhiti.
Police concluded the officer breached policy on the acceptable use of information and technology and had engaged in serious misconduct.
"His Majesty is mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory in ways others do not recognise," the palace said.
It was the state’s fifth execution this year.
Following a successful Commonwealth Games campaign, Dame Noeline Taurua has been confirmed to stay with the Silver Ferns until after the 2027 Netball World Cup.
Two "clumsy" and naive boys are alleged to have supplied a weapon and carried out a clean-up for the killers of a wrongly targeted university student.
Waitematā West Area Commander Inspector Simon Walker said "two parties have had an altercation, with one suffering moderate injuries".
The 30-year-old Western Australian officer was charged over an attack on his five-week-old baby.
The officer dumped his uniform and gear on the sand at a remote Hawkes Bay beach and went to her rescue.
National's finance spokesperson dismissed the co-operative's concerns as "extraordinary" while consumer advocates welcomed the proposed split.
Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden said FENZ chief executive Kerry Gregory withheld information about a "seriously significant incident" for a full year – with the matter now referred to the Serious Fraud Office.
Harry, Meghan and their two children – 7-year-old Archie and 5-year-old Lilibet – returned to the UK last month after six years in California.
The meeting comes with just three sitting days left of the parliamentary term.
Labour education spokesperson Ginny Andersen said the council would "provide expert leadership of New Zealand’s curriculum and assessment system".
A sonar target in Lake Moeraki has prompted hopes of finding a scenic flight that vanished near Milford Sound nearly 50 years ago.
OpenAI has disclosed six reports of “unexpected or concerning” activity in artificial-intelligence models as the debate on safety heats up.
Police have moved to reassure Auckland's Chinese community after cars displaying what appeared to be foreign police markings have been spotted on the city's streets.
Kasey Tuhakaraina has been recognised as a young trailblazer, winning an award for her business, Kasey’s Kai Kart.
A husband and wife were sentenced for defrauding Customs and smuggling more than two million cigarettes into New Zealand
Police have arrested two 14-year-old girls as part of an investigation into a group of youths on Auckland's North Shore following multiple robberies and assaults.
The insult allegedly referred to Assistant Speaker Maureen Pugh, according to NZ First MP Casey Costello.
The image sparked confusion over a recovered instrument's true value.
The pipes were stolen from toilets in two popular coastal areas in Northland.
Ed Sheeran's tour of North and South America has been rattled after dropping Macklemore as an opener because of the rapper's onstage pro-Palestinian comments.
The former late night talk show host was pulled over by the "the nicest people in the world".
