Get your finances sorted in 2026: Maximising your KiwiSaver

It’s never too early to start thinking about your retirement savings. Photo: 123RF Is organising your money life on your New Year’s resolution list in 2026? In this five-part series, money correspondent... Read more »

Media Insider: UK rugby writer and haka critic Stephen Jones retires – then enters into an online storm; TVNZ’s new Chase, Love Island deal; NBR lines up IRD in paywall scrap

Jones is infamous in New Zealand; over the years, he’s had several cracks at the All Blacks haka – including describing it in 2019 as “bogus” and a “means of rank bullying... Read more »

Manage My Health: Patients start to be notified after massive leak

Manage My Health said it would begin notifying affected patients within the next 24 hours. Photo: RNZ / Finn Blackwell Manage My Health will begin notifying patients affected by ransomware attack by... Read more »

Convicted rapist Kane Graham Dawson ‘swallowed razor blade’ in Waikeria Prison misconduct case

The details of the incident in June 2023 have come to light in a High Court review of the disciplinary measures taken against him, which found he had been subject to a... Read more »

Construction boom: 20 big projects set to reshape Auckland and beyond in 2026

The logistics/warehouses sector is hot and includes projects like James Kirkpatrick jnr’s $1 billion-plus Māngere scheme, to Goodman’s work on the ex-Villa Maria estate across the other side of that peninsula. This... Read more »

Elon Musk’s Grok AI floods X with sexualized photos of women and minors

Julie Yukari, a musician based in Rio de Janeiro, posted a photo taken by her fiancé to the social media site X just before midnight on New Year’s Eve showing her in... Read more »

Nitrates in water: ECan’s rule-making fell short of law over allowing discharges, High Court rules

Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon The High Court has ruled Canterbury’s regional council erred when it allowed farms to discharge nitrates and other pollution without resource consents, but stopped short of ordering... Read more »

How the world brought in 2026

As Wednesday turned to Thursday, people around the world said goodbye to a sometimes challenging 2025 and expressed hopes for the new year to come. While New Zealand was among the first in the... Read more »

Dog attack victim says Kaipara mauling followed years of complaints

Her sentencing came after a string of high-profile attacks throughout New Zealand in 2025. The attacks were amid increasing safety concerns from members of the public. In March, Kaiwaka turned into a... Read more »

The biggest Kiwi sporting stories of 2025

Geordie Beamish. Photo: PHOTOSPORT Controversies, comebacks, suspensions, breakthrough wins and a near perfect seasons, there have been some truly massive sport’s stories involving New Zealanders this year. RNZ sport looks back at... Read more »