King Tuheitia’s youngest child and only daughter has been named as the eighth Māori monarch in a ceremony at Tuurangawaewae marae.

New Zealand has decided to tip both for the Pacific Policing Initiative and the Pacific Resilience Facility.

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon’s debut at the Pacific Islands Forum has been overshadowed by his deputy, who has doubled down on his climate denialism.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Thursday that his country needed to stand up for the international rules-based order as potential military flashpoints loom in the Indo-Pacific region.

Heavy rains and big seas on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island have caused homes to be evacuated as rivers flood and waves cause coastal inundation.

The New Zealand defence force plane flying New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to Japan broke down, forcing the Prime Minister to take a commercial flight, his office confirmed.

The grassy plains on the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island, once home to cattle, have been transformed into a key aerospace facility for the Pacific nation as it looks to become a global hub for advanced aircraft and space exploration.

Two people have been found dead at a rural property in Waitākere, West Auckland.

The New Zealand government said it had raised concerns on Tuesday with the Chinese government about its involvement in a state-sponsored cyber hack on New Zealand’s parliament in 2021, which was uncovered by the country’s intelligence services.

Sentencing for the tour booking agents and managers of an island in New Zealand where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people.

More than 10,000 New Zealand Maori congregated in the central North Island to discuss how to respond to government plans that are seen by many Indigenous groups as undermining their rights and status.

When New Zealand’s new government announced it was scrapping the country’s world-leading tobacco laws, it came as a particularly hard blow to Māori people.