Current Affairs

The majority of residents who made submissions to the council's long-term plan support it buying out private properties affected by the August 2022 storm.

Auckland Transport should go back and consult with affected parties over its new overnight on-street parking changes, deputy mayor Desley Simpson says. Audio

The doctor said he was the only one on duty for "more than 50" patients the night an elderly man died, in a case criticised by the Health and Disability Commission.

More than one million illicit cigarettes, cash, guns and ammunitions have been seized as part of Operation Montreal.

Ashley Arnopp and Andre Gilling beat Stanley Waipouri to death in a probable homophobic attack on 23 December 2006.

The health watchdog found Health NZ also only issued an apology years later.

Police say the investigation team has worked hard to get to this point and provide answers for Kawana's family.

Whale bone is a taonga and it was taken before appropriate protocols and tikanga had been observed, DOC says.

Those critical of a new ERO report focusing on teacher training have raised concerns about its methods.

The pathologist who determined Gore child Lachlan Jones died from drowning says he saw no signs that the boy had been put in a freezer.

The 23-year-old was found hiding in the back of a car after the five-hour journey.

The baby was later left on a grass verge in Waitara unharmed.

A mum living in a cold, mouldy sleepout with two kids says moving into the first of a kind housing will be life-changing for her whānau.

A proposed funding shake-up has sparked criticism it could drive inequality in communities that already suffer from historic underinvestment.