5+ hour, 16+ min ago   (773+ words) Labour have released a policy which promises to increase KiwiSaver earnings for employees by introducing stricter regulations for employers. (Source: 1News) If elected, the party says employer contributions will become mandatory from July 1, 2028, with the minimum contribution rising to 6% by 2032. The…...

5+ hour, 37+ min ago   (883+ words) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has mounted an emotional defence of his late mother after "nasty" comments from Pauline Hanson resurfaced, in which the One Nation leader criticised her long social housing tenure. Senator Hanson has been slammed as unfit…...

7+ hour, 1+ min ago   (622+ words) Morgana O'Reilly stars on Taskmaster, from Monday. (Source: TVNZ) As the beloved star of White Lotus and Stories about My Body limbered up for the next wild season of Taskmaster, she also faced a 1News Grill. What are the three essential…...

6+ hour, 49+ min ago   (1709+ words) Auckland's rapid transit vision 50 years apart - left: 1974 concept art for an electric metro with an underground CBD loop (Source: Gifford Jackson, MOTAT, CC BY 4.0) and right: a train at Karanga-a-Hape station during a dress rehearsal (Source: 1News). (Source: Supplied) Long before…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1261+ words) A house on a stack of coins (file image). (Source: istock.com) Home loan borrowers choosing the right term to fix for have a choice: take the cheaper short-term rate or lock in some certainty for longer, at a slightly…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (311+ words) Seymour spoke media at 11am in Auckland. Source: 1News (Source: Other) ACT Party leader David Seymour has made an election policy announcement this morning. He spoke to media at 11am from Auckland Domain. Hipkins spoke from Auckland's Mount Roskill at 11.50am. David Seymour is…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (981+ words) New figures show almost 12 million cigarettes and cigars have been stopped at the border in 2026. (Source: Breakfast) Organised criminal networks are seeing an opportunity in New Zealand's "attractive" illicit tobacco market, with new figures showing that almost 12 million cigarettes and…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1053+ words) Under the proposed system, annual rates increases would remain within an initial target range of 2% to 4%. (Source: 1News) New Zealand's economic recovery is underway, ratings agency Moody's says, but there are questions we will need to grapple with about rates caps…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (977+ words) Child Poverty Action Group’s food security spokesperson Kelly Garton called for the Minister to front. (Source: Breakfast) A child poverty advocate says the Government should apologise after the Ministry of Social Development told thousands of people that food was "not…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (932+ words) Child Poverty Action Group’s food security spokesperson Kelly Garton called for the Minister to front. (Source: Breakfast) A child poverty advocate says the Government should apologise after the Ministry of Social Development told thousands of people that food was "not…...