Commentator says Israel's ruling coalition faces a tough return to power with polls showing them consistently stuck with a minority of parliamentary seats ...

Week 4 of the trial of the Pivot Murders closed just before 5pm on Friday with a loud knock on the door of the jury room. They had been sent out to deliberate at 3:47pm and I was standing around the ...

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Asked what was on her mind when she wrote the story, Erica Stretton replied, “So often I write characters that feel alone or out-of-place in the environment they live in, a feeling a lot of people ...

England have been the all conquering force in women's rugby for years, until a shock draw vs Canada. Can the Black Ferns go one better?

I’ve never read a Nicky Hager book. I don’t know who he is, and I don’t know what the new book’s about. That some author every election year drops a book, and it’s very exciting, I’m sure, but it’s ...

Nicola Willis says she has felt the full force of lobbying, advertising and public relations spend whenever she talks about grocery competition. Andrew Bevin reports.

Mayors express frustration at indecision and 'lack of courage', as ministers runs out of time before election. 'They ...

A new survey reveals that though political parties are deeply polarised on climate and energy, most support rooftop solar ...

Mercurial former Silver Fern Cat Tuivaiti reflects on body scrutiny, injury and overcoming career heartbreak to build a new life in Queensland ...

Are dirty politics happening before our eyes?; Bouquets and brickbats for Parliament; and the Hager book assessed ...

The incumbent foreign minister Winston Peters – and Labour's Vanushi Walters, the woman who could succeed him – differ on how to respond to geopolitical instability ...