10+ hour, 34+ min ago   (253+ words) Labour is promising to require retirement villages to pay out within three months when a resident leaves, within 100 days if elected. The party's spokesperson for seniors Ingrid Leary has had a member's bill in the ballot aiming to do just…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago   (433+ words) The government has delayed increases to fuel taxes by one year and will use its fuel crisis rainy day fund to help pay for it. Watch the announcement here: Fuel excise taxes were due to be increased by 12 cents from…...

9+ hour, 59+ min ago   (527+ words) Grey Power wants government policies to address the needs of an increasing number of older New Zealanders struggling to meet the most basic living expenses. West Auckland's Waitākere Grey Power recently invited politicians representing six political parties to a members…...

10+ hour, 18+ min ago   (852+ words) When it comes to your KiwiSaver fund, do you get what you pay for? That is a question Simplicity chief economist Shamubeel Eaqub has set out to answer with new research. Eaqub said that after looking at the past 10 years,…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (250+ words) As co-founder of the CeleBRation Choir at the University of Auckland's Centre for Brain Research back in 2009, music therapist Alison Talmage knows the benefits of a good sing-a-long. She's written a handbook to help other people launch similar initiatives in…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (597+ words) New research reveals the Covid-19 vaccine could help boost the survival rate of cancer patients. A US study from last year 2025 showed patients with lung cancer or melanoma were almost twice as likely to survive for three years when they…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (591+ words) People who are over the age of entitlement to NZ Super are contributing 15 percent of all personal taxes, data shows, but economists say even as that amount grows, it won't help balance the books. Data released under the Official Information…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (764+ words) In an emotional chat with RNZ’s Afternoons, Brown said she’s just begun radiation treatment following a recent breast cancer diagnosis and mastectomy. TV personality Jaquie Brown had radiation treatment on Monday following her breast cancer diagnosis and it was a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (482+ words) MPs have been asked to pressure the government, in the hope it will use an existing law to protect insurance consumers from genomic discrimination. Professor Andrew Shelling, an Auckland University cancer researcher and a leader of Against Genomic Discrimination Aotearoa…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (269+ words) Pacific families caring for loved ones with dementia can struggle behind closed doors, with a community advocate calling for greater support for caregivers. Sapini Unoi, from caregiver support group Le Malaga, raised the issue with the Manurewa Local Board at…...