Lauren Crimp

Does your partner's income make you ineligible for a benefit?

A stroke survivor living on canned soup and bread is among those stuck with too much money for a benefit, but not enough to get by.

Many parents and students have been sharing their frustration about the delays in a social media group. Audio

While the rising number of beneficiaries is plain to see, there is another layer of people struggling.

Louise Upston vowed to "curb the surge in welfare dependency" after taking office, but the numbers are now the highest since at least 2013.

One provider says there are "horrendous" wait times for the programme which helps chronically homeless people into housing in Northland. Audio

The Ministry of Social Development says its "ageing" data system needs fixing and that's taken longer than predicted.

With the government limiting further social housing builds, Housing First providers are eyeing up market rentals - but the perfect properties, and owners, are hard to find.

A retired law professor says the case is unique with New Zealand having never lost a ship in such a way before.

Police say people are "playing chicken" and seeing whether they can drive without blacking out after inhaling the gas.

Wellington's Downtown Community Ministry says moving people rough sleeping out of CBD's will hinder their access to health and community resources.

The government says the orders are part of reclaiming town centres, and a retailers' group doubts they will work. Audio

The two dogs that attacked and injured three people in Brywndwr yesterday could be euthanised, a councillor says.

Raw sewage has been spewing into the South coast and further out to the Cook Strait since the plant's massive failure two weeks ago.

Te Toi Mahana, a Wellington City Council organisation, was formed so tenants could access the government's Income Related Rent Subsidy.

Confidential documents discovered in a former Wellington mayoral desk should have been destroyed, a review has found

Tiaki Wai replaces Wellington Water from 1 July, inheriting council-owned water assets including the Moa Point plant.

The deluge has left the peninsula cut off, with slips and flooding blocking State Highway 75, the main road between Christchurch and Akaroa. Audio

Officials fronted the crowd of more than 300, but many left disappointed by a lack of clear answers.

Residents are "shocked and devastated", but the council warns the order to leave "cannot be ignored".

Justice Anne Hinton sold her share of the bach to two of her four sisters - but her other sister, and niece, argued Hinton had promised to transfer her share to them.

Wellington Water's chief executive says the Moa Point wastewater treatment plant is not in good shape, with 70 percent of it flooded and 80 percent of its equipment damaged. Audio

There's been a years-long fight over the City to Sea bridge that connects Wellington's waterfront to the central city.

Police have revealed Benjamin Timmins was stabbed while three others were shot at Waitārere Beach.

Six people were killed by the slip at a Mt Maunganui campground, which led to a recovery operation spanning more than a week.