Wellington, Dec 11 NZPA - Scrambling for IDs and waiting in line for government documents could be a thing of the past with the launch of a new identity verification service.

Wellington, Dec 9 NZPA - Housing New Zealand is being accused of blocking applicants from getting state houses using its new advisory service.

Wellington, Nov 30 NZPA - The recommendations in The 2025 Taskforce report released today are mainstream economics and are consistent with what the business community advocates, said Business New Zealand.

Wellington, Nov 30 NZPA - The recommendations in The 2025 Taskforce report released today are mainstream economics and are consistent with what the business community advocates, said Business New Zealand.

Wellington, Oct 23 NZPA - The self-governance model in Niue, Tokelau and the Cook Islands has not worked and the residents have "voted with their feet", Parliament's foreign affairs select committee chairman John Hayes says.

This week's budget from Finance Minister Bill English has already been labelled the most important budget since Roger Douglas brought down his first Rogernomics budget in 1984.

A little noticed anniversary passed largely un-noticed this past Sunday, that is the thirtieth anniversary of the election of Margaret Thatcher as UK Prime Minister.