1+ hour, 3+ min ago   (755+ words) Labour has been "ankle tapped" by National on KiwiSaver according to the managing director of Simplicity, but the wife of Sir Michael Cullen, who got the scheme going, says the party's found the "perfect solution." It comes as Nicola Willis…...

15+ hour, 7+ min ago   (603+ words) Labour will make employer contributions to KiwiSaver compulsory, as well as raise the minimum to 6 percent even when employees reduce or pause their own, with the party saying it wants to make the retirement savings scheme "work harder for more…...

22+ hour, 11+ min ago   (203+ words) There's been great anticipation in Auckland with the long-awaited City Rail Link opening to the public on Sunday Morning. The CRL, which took over a decade to complete and faced massive cost blowouts, is New Zealand’s biggest infrastructure project and…...

10+ hour, 25+ min ago   (691+ words) Researchers believe a floating garden of native Australian plants on a wastewater lagoon in Victoria's east could help tackle greenhouse gas emissions, after it cut the lagoon's emissions by about 30 percent. The floating wetland is part of a world-first study…...

13+ hour, 36+ min ago   (258+ words) Reports from Bougainville say heavy machinery and vehicles belonging to a foreign mining company were destroyed in an arson attack at the Panguna mine site. Armed men are alleged to have entered the site in the autonomous Papua New Guinea…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (803+ words) Australia's banks have been defrauded of more than $600 million by one of the country's largest fraud syndicates, NSW Police says. Police yesterday charged three people with allegedly assisting the multi-million dollar fraud and money laundering syndicate, including a Bankstown accounting…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (296+ words) Insolvency numbers are likely to remain at record levels until well into next year, one practitioner says. Keaton Pronk, an insolvency practitioner at McDonald Vague, said corporate insolvency appointments were at historically elevated levels in August, at 274 in the month....

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (433+ words) Tax changes are a step closer. The Government has released the Taxation Bill, which contains legislation required to enact tax initiatives that were announced in this year's Budget. Among them are changes to the fringe benefit tax (FBT) regime, designed…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (479+ words) OpenAI is calling for binding safety requirements on the most powerful artificial intelligence systems, a reversal for a company that has resisted calls for regulation. The call from OpenAI chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane comes amid growing talk of…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (145+ words) Access to radiology images and patient administration systems in Health NZ's central region has been restored after several hours offline overnight on Wednesday. The region covers Whanganui, Hawke's Bay, MidCentral, Wairarapa, Hutt Valley, Wellington, and Kāpiti. Health NZ's Gary Baird,…...