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Green Party co-leader’s Marama Davidson and Chlöe Swarbrick (Photo: Tess Brunton/RNZ, Design: The Spinoff)

The Greens propose a state-owned energy company

The Green Party says 'Kiwipower' would solve our current affordability and supply problems.
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By Henry Oliver | 21st July, 2026
Bulletin editor
Winston Peters (large) not really at the NZ First campaign launch with Winston Peters at the NZ First campaign launch (small)

NZ First officially launches its election campaign

There were formalities to attend to, policies to announce and a culture war to wage.
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By Henry Oliver | 20th July, 2026
Bulletin editor
(Image: The Spinoff/Emergency Management Southland)

‘It felt like a truck’: Earthquake near Te Anau triggers brief tsunami scare

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck 40km north of Te Anau at 9.14pm last night.
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By Henry Oliver | 17th July, 2026
Bulletin editor
A brown skua, Amsterdam Island, TAAF. (Photo: Antoine Lamielle / Creative Commons)

The H5N1 bird flu has landed

The H5N1 strain of bird flu was confirmed in New Zealand yesterday after a brown skua tested positive.
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By Henry Oliver | 16th July, 2026
Bulletin editor
Paul Henry is running for parliament – and could be a bigger problem for Luxon than for Labour

Paul Henry is running for parliament – and could be a bigger problem for Luxon than for Labour

The controversial broadcaster has announced he is standing for Act in the 2026 election.
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By Henry Oliver | 15th July, 2026
Bulletin editor
Vale Sam Neill, 1947–2026

Vale Sam Neill, 1947–2026

Sam Neill, the world-renowned New Zealand actor has died in Sydney, aged 78.
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By Henry Oliver | 14th July, 2026
Bulletin editor
Modi at the powhiri. (Photo: Alex Burton/Getty Images)

Modi’s visit leaves one big question unanswered

In its first official cash rate hike in over three years, the Reserve Bank hopes to relieve inflation pressures driven by the Middle East war’s disruption to oil supplies.
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By Henry Oliver | 13th July, 2026
Bulletin editor
Anna Breman and the Reserve Bank could cause Nicola Willis some concern before the election. (Design: The Spinoff)

The Reserve Bank raises the official cash rate for the first time in three years

In its first official cash rate hike in over three years, the Reserve Bank hopes to relieve inflation pressures driven by the Middle East war’s disruption to oil supplies.
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By Henry Oliver | 9th July, 2026
Bulletin editor
A month’s rain in a day for Kaikōura

A month’s rain in a day for Kaikōura

The Kaikōura district is in a state of emergency after three rivers breached their banks due to historically heavy rain.
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By Henry Oliver | 8th July, 2026
Bulletin editor
China fires ballistic missile in the South Pacific

China fires ballistic missile in the South Pacific

Patients dying in waiting rooms, leaking wards, understaffing, and a minister with few answers. Our health system seems in crisis, writes Henry Oliver in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin.
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By Henry Oliver | 7th July, 2026
Bulletin editor
Are New Zealand’s ‘outdated’ surrogacy laws finally set to change?

Are New Zealand’s ‘outdated’ surrogacy laws finally set to change?

After five years of delays and consultations, a bill to update our surrogacy laws is progressing again.
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By Madeleine Chapman | 6th July, 2026
Contributing editor
Rainfall patterns during historic strong El Niño events (July-September) (Image: ESNZ)

El Niño is here! What’s El Niño, again?

The naturally occurring weather event has been officially declared in New Zealand.
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By Madeleine Chapman | 3rd July, 2026
Contributing editor
A leak at Hutt Hospital (Photo: RNZ)

Is our health system falling apart?

Patients dying in waiting rooms, leaking wards, understaffing, and a minister with few answers. Our health system seems in crisis, writes Henry Oliver in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin.
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By Henry Oliver | 2nd July, 2026
Bulletin editor
A failing grade for the government’s school lunch programme

A failing grade for the government’s school lunch programme

An inquiry has found David Seymour’s cost-cutting overhaul of the free school lunches programme beset by poor planning, inadequate monitoring, waste and low nutritional standards.
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By Henry Oliver | 1st July, 2026
Bulletin editor
Auckland High Court, 1981 (Photo: R Coad)

One of NZ’s worst miscarriages of justice goes to trial

One of New Zealand’s worst wrongful convictions returned to court yesterday, 40 years after the murder and subsequent police investigation that led to it.
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By Henry Oliver | 30th June, 2026
Bulletin editor
Former Act Party deputy leader Brooke van Velden and new Act Party deputy leader Nicole McKee (Design: The Spinoff)

(Re)introducing Act’s new deputy leader, Nicole McKee

The Act Party has named New Zealand's most famous former gun lobbyist as its new deputy leader.
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By Henry Oliver | 29th June, 2026
Bulletin editor
She called the police for help – they banned her from her own home

She called the police for help – they banned her from her own home

The IPCA's latest report raises questions about police dealing with family harm.
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By Madeleine Chapman | 26th June, 2026
Contributing editor
Business is booming (if you’re a car park)

Business is booming (if you’re a car park)

There's one area that's raking in money in a cost-of-living crisis: council parking.
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By Madeleine Chapman | 25th June, 2026
Contributing editor
(Design: The Spinoff)

Grey power politics

How the retirees of today and tomorrow might shape the 2026 election.
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By Dan Brunskill | 24th June, 2026
Guest writer
The steady march of the workplace health and safety amendment bill 

The steady march of the workplace health and safety amendment bill 

The bill would reduce health and safety requirements for small business, which critics say will increase workplace harm.
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By Madeleine Chapman | 23rd June, 2026
Contributing editor

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