Supermarket sector divestment may be used to improve competition in places where Foodstuffs or Woolworths New Zealand have a monopoly.

But those behind a decades-long campaign say there is still a long way to go.

While the current escalation of gang violence is obviously concerning, it's just part of the usual cycle of gangland tensions, an expert says.

A nurse caring for a patient who died in a suspected suicide did not check on him for an hour before he was found unresponsive.

Staff illness is adding pressure to the healthcare sector and with tomorrow being the official start of winter and seasonal illnesses expected to spread, experts say it will only get worse.

The government should be embarrassed it has introduced a scheme tying migrants to an employer when the Productivity Commission has just recommended the practice be stopped, according to an immigration lawyer.

The fish tagged by researchers has been reeled in by a fisherman in almost exactly the same spot two decades later.

One of the two teenagers pictured sparring with boxing legend Muhammad Ali in a famous New Zealand Herald photograph has come forward with his story.

Two senior Gloriavale leaders have resigned from their senior positions within the Christian community.

The mother of the missing Phillips children says family members are beside themselves with worry and believe someone is helping her ex-husband.

TVNZ's chief executive has ordered a review into the organisation's hiring process, following the abrupt departure of Breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria.

There have been 18 more deaths of people with Covid-19 and 8436 new cases identified in the community, the Ministry of Health has reported.

More than 150 Ministry of Justice staff and contractors breached privacy rules in two years, and faced employment action for snooping in court records.

A popular Christchurch primary birthing unit will remain open for another year after considering a closure.

The minister of police wants the police to work faster to tackle a surge of gang violence in Auckland.

Wellington school Scots College confirmed it had received an allegation of improper behaviour by a non-teaching member of staff.

A suite of immigration recommendations has been made by the Productivity Commission, including urging government to publish policy on the country's ability to settle people.

Medical Council data shows Māori and Pasifika doctors in Aotearoa will have a greater representation in the coming years and women doctors may soon outnumber their male counterparts.