How bad at reading are New Zealand children? [not that bad] (www.rnz.co.nz)
International testing indicated New Zealand had more bad readers among its 10-year-olds than other developed nations, but the picture improved for teenagers....
International testing indicated New Zealand had more bad readers among its 10-year-olds than other developed nations, but the picture improved for teenagers....
Man, Wellington shop owners must dread seeing a green MP walk in the door at this point.
Corrections has spent over $305,000 on slushy syrup and maintaining frozen ice machines in the past six years....
Lol. Q3 here sets out what he (edit: allegedly) said (anything said in the House is protected by Parliamentary privilege)...
A New Zealand team has taken home gold at the Cheerleading World Championships in the US....
I guess housing and urban development is not a priority after all.
When Eugene Dementyev heard a tap at his back door, he thought it was a cat - and was shocked to discover it was a kiwi....
How long is too long to spend in a 24-hour gym? Can you do too much squatting?...
The Stratford-revered glockenspiel has stood proud in the main street, Broadway, since it officially opened in 1996, but it had stopped working over the weekend....
She added: “Perhaps I was a little slow, what I can say is I tried my very best … and I respect the prime minister’s decision.”...
It's hoped a new GNS Science lab can crack open the door to cheaper green hydrogen production
This government doing it’s best to ruin the country and our reputation overseas. Having said that I have witnessed too many acts of corruption to every buy that we were somehow more honest than other countries.
Analysis: Burning less coal to make electricity helped New Zealand achieve its biggest official annual drop in planet-heating gases since records started in 1990....
Now is time to change Te Papa’s Treaty of Waitangi display, the museum’s co-leaders say....
Residents of a small Selwyn community say they will keep fighting to save their homes after being told they must vacate them by 2039....
Snake bite victims are endangering medical staff by bringing the reptiles with them to hospital, doctors say....
A man and woman were found dead at the Anzac Valley Road address in Waitākere before 7.30am....
I work with fire alarm systems for a living, so it’s fascinating to see a building get so bad it is shut down entirely by the fire brigade....