Walter- who is just 22 - lived on the streets for years and calls poverty a "generational curse" that left him with nowhere else to turn.

Access to 14,500 coronial files and about 4000 post mortem reports from around the country has been affected.

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The firefighters union and their employer have come to an agreement after months of strikes over pay and conditions. Their settlement includes a 22-24 percent pay rise over three years.

The government is being urged to reinstate the petrol tax gradually to avoid motorists queuing around the block.

A Pasifika health leader hopes the Royal Commission into the Covid-19 pandemic will look into the equity of the response and resource allocation.

Spring saw weather records broken and snow fall, NIWA says.

Christchurch residents are staring down the barrel of a larger rates rise than anticipated.

The report's chairperson said he was "saddened and frustrated" that the number of babies and mothers dying during pregnancy had not reduced.

It is the latest in a series of glitches in the $56.6m ADEPT computer system, which was introduced to streamline visa operations.

Documents show Oranga Tamariki has been stumbling towards budget blowouts with loose and patchy financial controls.

A young woman claims her rheumatologist sexually assaulted her and for months exercised extreme control over her diet regime - triggering an eating disorder and suicidal thoughts.

A med student told a tribunal the one-on-one tutorial felt 'very invasive'.

A newly-released report by InPhySec Security says Te Whatu Ora needs to think like a hacker when building its security softwares.

A hearing into whether a baby should receive blood from an unvaccinated person during a heart operation has ended, with the judge reserving his decision.

Mayor Wayne Brown has proposed selling the council's share of the city's airport - but that might just be the start.

A violent video was sent to a healthworker after she posted in support of vaccination.

A child is in Starship Children's Hospital with critical injuries following a house fire.