Wellington news

Reserve Bank chair denies conflict of interest amid Waikato medical school deal

The Government has agreed to spend more than $82m to help build the school.

Just 153 families receiving maximum FamilyBoost childcare tax credit

The Government has recently widened the eligibility criteria for FamilyBoost.

'Major milestone': New Waikato medical school approved with $80m+ Govt funding

Coalition's past grumbles about the new med school have been overcome.

Tim O'Connor: NCEA as we know it should be abolished

OPINION: We need a simplified, rigorous but fair national qualification for our schools.

James Meager on South Island role, youth migration, and flight costs

South Island MP James Meager joins The Front Page to discuss his portfolios and that maiden speech.

The Wellbeing Protocol reckons community funding can be done way better

The Wellbeing Protocol wants to change how community funding works – with a clever app.

MP who oversaw Treaty Principles select committee wants fresh look at public submissions process

James Meager oversaw the Justice Select Committee as the bill went through Parliament.

Tactix book ANZ final spot with comeback win over Pulse

The Tactix won 57-52 against the Central Pulse to reach the final.

Colombian woman who escaped drug cartels was given a new life in NZ – now she's behind bars

Claudia Romero Lopez didn’t leave her old life behind.

‘What downturn?’ The construction firm bucking the house-building slump

'We just build them and worry about selling them later. We do well in a tougher market.'

'Extreme hardness': Inside NZ's growing ice swimming community

Ice swimmers compete in sub-5C water at St Bathans' Blue Lake.