2025’s most read stories: If a person spends more than 13 weeks in hospital, their benefit is automatically cut.
Health
December 21, 2025
With 70% of schools pledging to honour Te Tiriti, this Auckland kura explains why it won’t back down.
Te Ao Māori
December 17, 2025
The cost of uni halls now runs into many thousands of dollars, well beyond the means of many.
Re: News
November 20, 2025
One mother desperately wants others to know the true consequences of taking the medications during pregnancy.
November 14, 2025
Updated gender affirming healthcare guidelines were due out in March but remain on hold.
October 25, 2025
There are fears over how new legislation will affect young people who can't live with their parents.
October 18, 2025
Many agree the way we diagnose and treat ADHD needs improving. So, will these new rules help? Or create more problems?
September 28, 2025
Only 42% of people voted in the last local elections, but your council is responsible for everything from traffic lights to bin collection.
Politics
September 13, 2025
New series Dadolescence shines a light on the experiences, struggles, and loves of five teen fathers in Aotearoa.
September 8, 2025
NCEA has been widely criticised for being too flexible, vague and easy to play, but it's set to be replaced.
September 3, 2025
Re: journalist Te Ahipourewa Forbes spoke with candidates standing in this week's by-election.
September 2, 2025
Re: News’ Te Ahipourewa Forbes spoke to a 91-year-old Palestinian and a 63-year-old Israeli living in NZ about hopes for peace in their homeland.
August 23, 2025
Adam quit his smartphone for two years, saying: "I felt like my phone was consuming my life."
August 5, 2025
“I should be playing footy on the weekends but instead I'm in the op shops and visiting the haberdashery.”
July 22, 2025
There are estimated to be up to 8 million feral cats in New Zealand – and farmers are fed up with nothing being done about it.
July 19, 2025
Bay of Plenty MP Tom Rutherford received the petition from two homeschooled students after they cycled 760km to the Beehive.
July 16, 2025
New series ALLGOODS on TVNZ+ - a raw exploration of what it really means to be well as young Māori and Pasifika in Aotearoa today.
July 7, 2025
Tourette’s affects around 1 in 100 people. Re: News spoke to Oliver Dawson, 20, who has been ticking since he was a kid.
June 14, 2025
Lil Gay Out was cancelled but other events went on.
June 6, 2025
Re: News asked young people about the wildest things they had seen.
June 5, 2025
Re: News spoke to two people about what it means to reclaim a name - and the healing that can come with it.
May 28, 2025
The Government has today announced a new parental assistance test which will be introduced from July 2027.
May 22, 2025
Re: News asked recent school leavers and a high school teacher what they think about the proposed changes to sex education.
May 15, 2025
Zoe Madden-Smith looks into the controversy around ME/Chronic fatigue syndrome for Re: Investigates.
May 12, 2025
"I’m concerned about trans people being politicised in a way that’s really harmful to our communities."
May 10, 2025