All state schools will be required to teach reading using a structured literacy approach from term 1 next year. The number of schools with access to trained structured literacy teachers will be ...

It will be progressed through the Employment Relations Amendment Bill, intended to be introduced next year. Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden says it allows businesses to take ...

Three months after Mr Ngoem's death, the mass methanol poisoning in Laos, which claimed the lives of Australian teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles along with four others, has put a spotlight on ...

The New Zealand hopes at the bowls World Champion of Champion singles event are likely to need two wins in today's final rounds to advance Southland's Aiden Takarua is tied for second in his group ...

The royal couple are believed to be focusing all the festivities around their three young children - Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, six - and are planning to take part ...

Officers are being deployed from the Tasman and Canterbury districts - to oversee a gathering that starts today and continues through to Monday. They'll be checking attendees are complying with the ...

A Gas Industry Company-commissioned report, forecasts on the current trajectory, gas supply won't meet demand in the next decade. It finds the factors leading to energy issues this winter will worsen, ...

The 43-year-old actor - who starred in the series alongside Meghan, Duchess of Sussex - has revealed he found himself in a dark place when he was filming season seven and he realised he needed time ...

At least 12 people, including six children, have drowned in torrential rain in Sri Lanka caused by a slow-moving storm now headed toward India. More than 335,000 people in Sri Lanka have been forced ...

The much-hyped debut of former NBA centre Tacko Fall fell flat, with the side trailing by 20 at quarter time, 23 at halftime, and as many as 40 during the fourth spell. Koponen says they veered away ...

The surprise selection is set to make Edmed Australia's record-extending 19th debutant of 2024. Centre Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii has won a battle to be fit to start in his fourth test, while James Slipper ...

Israel's military said on Thursday it had detected "suspects" in several areas in southern Lebanon, calling this a violation of a ceasefire with Hezbollah. On Thursday morning, Israeli tank fire hit ...