Politics

The government expects 50,000 extra visitors from China each year under the new visa rules.

Christopher Luxon will take questions from reporters on Saturday afternoon (NZ time).

Christopher Luxon reflects on his week in South East Asia, where he met with the presidents of USA and China.

Millions of Americans rely on food aid now in jeopardy, because of the US government's ongoing shutdown.

Several lawsuits have challenged the US president's sweeping executive order aimed at overhauling federal elections.

A bilateral meeting with the Indonesian president went much longer than other formal sit downs, lasting for more than an hour.

The party was a smashing success last election, growing its caucus from two to six members and claiming all but one of the Māori seats.

Members of a Northland iwi have sailed to the Poor Knights Islands to raise a flag and erect a carved pou.

New Zealand has entered into a new deal with South Korea, which the prime minister said means they will operate at a 'much deeper level diplomatically'.

To ensure viability, NorthTec is cutting around 58 full-time equivalent jobs by Christmas.

As a trust attempts an unsupported takeover of Kelston Boys' High School, the Opposition is raising concerns.

"Why should he be able to make more than $600,000 in one year from flipping properties, whilst the people who ... work hard every day for a living pay tax?" Hipkins asked.