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The Royal Commission into historical abuse of children in state care has apologised to both men caught in the middle of an email breach.

The Royal Commission into historical abuse of children in state care has admitted sending a survivor's private information to the wrong person.

An influential Aboriginal elder says a young man of her tribe will be cut off from his land and spirits if he's deported to New Zealand.

A New Zealand citizen locked in detention has gone to Australia's highest court to break new legal ground that would protect Aboriginal people from deportation.

Analysis - How much can the public find out about the quality of the steel going into the country's high-rise buildings? Phil Pennington investigates.

Some truck and bus inspectors are now accused of bending or breaking the rules. Audio

The dodgy warrants of fitness saga continues with some truck and bus inspectors now accused of bending or breaking the rules.

Wellington City Council went against engineering advice when it approved a major waterfront building that ended up irreparably damaged in the Kaikōura earthquake.

About two thirds of the cars rechecked so far amid the dodgy inspection saga have failed their new Warrants of Fitness.

The list of dodgy Warrant of Fitness issuers is growing by the week.

The government says it cannot say where the sites with very high levels of firefighting foam contamination are.

Clear threats to this country's ecosystem have been identified from the chemicals in firefighting foam.

An abuse survivor molested at a Catholic college says when he alerted the school, he was given five days to leave or be expelled.

What started as the issuing of two truck safety alerts has expanded into New Zealand's largest ever road safety investigation with thousands of vehicles nationwide that may have received faulty…

The Transport Agency's own top staff talked about having had "another close call" over truck safety, newly released emails show.

"The Australian Passport Office routinely issued Australian passports to person who were not Australian citizens in error," the Home Affairs Department told Eddie McHugh in May. Audio

A family in mourning is accusing Oranga Tamariki of serious failings after a young mother died while looking after her baby.

A west Auckland garage suspended from issuing warrants of fitness was warned over car repairs it charged for but never completed.

The re-testing of bus and truck brakes on Waiheke Island has not found any that are sub-standard.

More survivors of clerical sex abuse are coming forward after Catholic school Old Boys formed an online support network as the Church continues stonewalling over the extent of sexual predation.

The NZ Transport Agency has "failed everyone" over dodgy warrants of fitness exposed by a fatal car crash, according to the chairperson of its own board.

A Kāpiti town is struggling with four suspected suicides and a rise in the use of methamphetamine, according to locals.

Victim Support is looking into whether it responded properly to a spate of deaths in Ōtaki.

The way the imported vehicle system is working is a "potential risk to safety", New Zealand Transport Agency says. Video

Government figures show some departments are spending up to 50 percent more on consultants this year than last.