Jonty Dine

The country's 67-year-old adoption laws are set for an overhaul.

Three people who have devoted their lives to justice and fairness are among those honoured in the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Birthday Honours.

Auckland's lesser known mayoral candidates give their view on the pressing issues facing the supercity and their potential solutions.

Parents of Orewa College students are concerned for their safety after two brutal assaults surfaced online.

Former members of Arise Church allege a naked pastor chased a churchgoer and that interns were mistreated on tour.

They are not pretty, but bollards are incredibly effective at preventing ram raids, as one petrol station owner has found out first-hand.

A spate of ram raids, burglaries and robberies is taking its toll on jewellery store owners in Auckland.

Interns who left Arise Church were given settlements, with one allegedly close to six figures, on the condition they did not speak ill of the congregation.

The death of a Lyttelton port worker - the second port fatality in a week - is further evidence of the need for an urgent inquiry into port safety, unions say. Audio

The carefully cultivated image Arise Church portrayed to the public masked a culture of mistreatment and greed, former members allege.

There have been emotional scenes at Auckland Airport as the border reopened and the first flights from across the Tasman landed.

A grieving mother says Auckland Transport needs to do more to keep cyclists safe after two deaths in the past two months.