Three years after the government announced it would scrap minimum wage exemptions and replace them with a wage subsidy, some disabled workers are still earning an average of just $5.30 an hour.

The man serving a life sentence for murdering British backpacker Grace Millane is appealing his convictions and sentences relating to two women he met before his arrest in 2018.

A group battling the spread of liquor outlets in south Auckland says new law reforms proposed by the government are desperately needed to reduce the impact of alcohol.

The widow of the final victim in 2019's terrorist attack says things have not improved for New Zealand Muslims.

An alternate three waters plan has been proposed by the mayors of Auckland and Christchurch, with control and ownership remaining with local councils.

Residents and business owners say the emergency housing system in Rotorua is "a bloody fiasco".

A Christchurch Business Association is calling for police to increase its presence in the central city following a recent spate of violence, theft and anti-social behaviour.

Police in Napier say they tried to get a vehicle to stop just minutes before it crashed, killing a young woman.

An autumn season is being proposed for the Kaikōura pāua fishery - along with a smaller recreational catch limit and an increased minimum pāua size.

There are 20,522 new cases of Covid-19 in the community and 18 further deaths this week, the Ministry of Health has announced.

Of every 100 sexual assaults in Aotearoa, just 10 are reported to police and of those, only one will result in a conviction.

Auckland Transport is removing more than 800 bus trips from its daily timetable across the region in response to the ongoing driver shortage.

The pīwauwau/ rock wren is the winner of the Bird of the Year contest for 2022.

A woman has been charged after a baby was found dead in a hospital rubbish bin.

An over-stretched and under-resourced Palmerston North Hospital emergency department were factors in the death of a patient in 2018, the deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found.

A Dunedin hairdresser who stabbed her friend to death and buried her in a shallow grave in the backyard can't explain why she did it.

New Zealand's new drug-checking legislation will be put to the test in what looks set to be the first unrestricted music festival season since the pandemic began.

Seven Christchurch vape retailers have been fined after selling vape products to minors.