One New Zealand, Spark and 2Degrees are all shutting down their 3G networks over the next four months. Spark estimates that roughly 2% of its customers use 3G, which is a small percentage of customers ...

With National now eight points behind Labour, this wasn’t the send-off to 2025 the government was hoping for, writes Catherine McGregor in today’s extract from The Bulletin.

It would save 25,000 tonnes of carbon emissions a year and reduce the amount of waste going to landfill by half. There’s just one issue.

Justice minister Paul Goldsmith will seek advice on outlawing the invasive pseudoscientific practice of virginity testing, after a formal request was made by another minister.