UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday said he was deeply troubled by the marked increase in executions in Iran last year. At least 901 people were reportedly executed in 2024, ...

OHCHR recalled that in one of the most deadly and shocking incidents, at least 207 people were killed in a massacre in early December orchestrated by the leader of the Wharf Jérémie gang in the Cité ...

One Kawerau and two Whakatāne district councillors have confirmed they will be standing for re-election in 2025. With local ...

An unprecendented number of submissions have been made to Parliament's website on Monday, as the deadline to submit on the ...

Te Pāti Māori is calling on the Government to immediately extend the submission deadline for the Treaty Principles Bill in ...

The Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust is asking individuals, groups and schools to tag monarch butterflies late in ...

Chen has pleaded not guilty to two charges, one of neglect and the other of possession of a glass methamphetamine pipe. She ...

The council committed to returning its average annual rates rises to under 5% in last year’s 2024/34 Long Term Plan. Last ...

One of the great champions of te ao Māori Dame Tariana Turia has been laid to rest at her Marae at Whangaehu near Whanganui.

A Crimean man who feared being conscripted to fight by Ukraine has been given refugee status in New Zealand. He arrived here ...

If 2025 is the year you get your money life sorted, you may be wondering where to begin. In this five-part series, money ...

The New Zealand Taxpayers Union can reveal through an Official Information Act request that ACC has paid out $217,674 for 255 ...