Ainsley Thomson

For years, the Pacific islands managed something remarkable — some of the smallest nations in the world persuaded their larger, more powerful allies that climate change was the region’s defining security challenge and pushed them to act.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said the governing National Party has backed him to remain leader following a confidence vote.

OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX and rivals have so far revealed little about their emissions.

China accused New Zealand of acting as a “pawn for anti-China forces” after its intelligence agency said Beijing was conducting espionage against the country on a significant scale.

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A fight over banker defections is ushering in a dramatic shakeup for New Zealand’s finance industry as it positions for a pickup in dealmaking.

New Zealand's insurance industry is failing to consistently meet the needs of Māori, with affordability barriers and difficulties insuring collectively owned land leaving them less likely to have cover, according to a study by the market watchdog.

New Zealand investment firm Jarden lost an initial court bid to get two top executives defecting to rival Barrenjoey to hand over cloned phone data and documents.

New Zealand’s three-party ruling coalition is on course to win a second term in office at a general election due in two months’ time, according to a new opinion poll.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will have to transfer NZ$10.1 million ($5.9 million) back to the Crown, after Finance Minister Nicola Willis declined the central bank’s request to use the amount, from underspending in prior years, on “core” projects.