Climate change is shaping up as another major Election 2026 dividing line, with political parties setting out sharply different positions on the Paris Agreement, the Emissions Trading Scheme, electricity reform and the future of the independent Climate Change Commission. Political leaders laid out their competing approaches at the 18th Climate Change and Business Conference in…

Health has become the latest Election 2026 battleground, with Labour accusing Health Minister Simeon Brown of avoiding public scrutiny as pressure mounts over hospital staffing, healthcare costs, emergency departments and delayed hospital projects. Labour health spokesperson Dr Ayesha Verrall says Brown has declined or missed a series of opportunities to debate her and other political…

A long-awaited transformation of Whangārei Hospital has reached a major milestone, with the first sod turned on a redevelopment that will deliver a new acute services building, a 158-bed ward tower and dozens of additional hospital beds for Te Tai Tokerau. Health Minister Simeon Brown says construction is now officially underway on one of the…

South Coast residents have confronted officials over the future of Wellington’s troubled Moa Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, as Tiaki Wai and Wellington City Council move to rebuild public confidence following one of the region’s most significant wastewater infrastructure failures in decades. A special community meeting at the Lyall Bay Surf Lifesaving Club brought residents together…