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Willis under pressure as CEOs deliver blunt verdict on Govt’s growth agenda

Willis' performance score dropped to 3.09/5, down from 3.88 last year.

Hipkins risks leaving Labour invisible, CEOs warn

Business leaders slam Labour opposition for lack of leadership, direction.

Why Luxon’s leadership divides business leaders: 'Not a good listener', 'biggest Rolodex of any PM'

Just 3% of CEOs rate Christopher Luxon’s domestic performance as ‘very impressive’.

Giant penguin fossil unearthed on Taranaki coast sheds new light on extinction

The fossil skull found in Taranaki is 31% longer than that of an emperor penguin.

Edmonds earns respect, but CEOs grow impatient over lack of policy detail

A capital gains tax looms as the flashpoint in Labour’s tax package.

'Economic intensive care ward': PM faces doubts as polls, loyalty look shaky - Richard Harman

OPINION: It is now conceivable that this could be a one-term Government.

Tory Whanau U-turns on future mayoral bid, eyes run for Parliament

Whanau has previously said she'd 'love to have a crack at being a minister'.

Kea Kids News: Meet the 9-year-old rolling old blokes at bowls

Reporter Sasha is in Hamilton with Pixie Blake, Waikato’s youngest indoor bowls champ, fresh off her team’s victory at the Champion of Champions.

Inside the showdown between senior doctors and Health NZ over pay

ASMS executive director Sarah Dalton speaks to The Front Page to break down the latest in talks, and what we can do in future.

Simon Wilson: The parable of ‘Chrissie’s little train set’

OPINION: Why are leafy suburbs like Mt Eden opposed to density even when it's done well?

Vision needed, not just visibility, says Dentons chairman

Wilson says climate resilience is slipping off the Government’s economic agenda.

Chat isn’t enough - engineered AI is the next business battleground

Greg Davidson warns most local AI use remains at basic chat level

Thomas Pippos: Rhetoric may soon need to confront reality

Concern over government spending has nearly doubled compared with last year.

Firefighters battle motel fire on Napier’s Marine Parade

Many of the motel occupants evacuated onto the street during the blaze.

Man expected to earn $100k from importing 49kg of meth – he got jail instead

The meth was sent to Va’a Va’a's address, with his phone number attached.

Hit-and-run driver swerved into man he knew, sending him flying, then drove off

The victim's head was described as hanging like a 'melted marshmallow' after the incident.