The clock is now ticking and ministers have just four days to agree to a global finance goal and settle other thorny issues, ...

When it comes to our outcomes on poverty, New Zealand's markers are poor. Experts gathering this week in Wellington want to ...

New English and maths curriculum documents remove all mention of the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, worrying teachers.

The Treaty Principles Bill has been handed over to the Justice Select Committee. It's now up to them to shepherd it through a six-month 'national debate'.

A man-made lake in a town north of Christchurch is described as a filthy drain but few seem interested in fixing it ...

Newsroom political editor Laura Walters and co-editor Tim Murphy, co-piloting the panel with both Marc Daalder and Sam ...

Opinion: Unless the Democrats and Labour trim their policy sails accordingly, they will lose elections that matter ...

Pulp and sawmills have had to shut down operations in recent months, blaming high electricity costs, writes Andrew Bevin.

The former National government Treaty negotiations minister Chris Finlayson says Act leader David Seymour misunderstands what his principles bill represents ...

It's being labelled toxic positivity; opening the door to women in sport, but closing it before they get into high performance coaching jobs ...

The damages from Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu in 2015 exceeded half of the island nation's entire GDP. Photo: Getty Images Pacific Island countries experiencing increasingly intense and frequent natural ...

Activists say petrostates like Azerbaijan must pledge to reduce their oil and gas exports as part of a new wave of climate targets. Photo: Getty Images The annual carbon budget report from the Global ...