Stories by Sarah Robson

The man who stabbed several people in a frenzied attack on Friday had spent years in and out of the courts and prison, but more prison time was not an option.

Terrorist Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen was on the radar of authorities long before he walked into a New Lynn supermarket, picked up a knife and stabbed several shoppers, leaving some of them…

The government spent more than four years trying to deport the man responsible for the west Auckland supermarket terrorist attack.

The man responsible for Friday afternoon's terror attack in a west Auckland supermarket can now be named as Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen.

Name suppression for the man responsible for yesterday's terror attack at a west Auckland supermarket has been revoked, but his name cannot be published yet, with his family given at least 24 hours to…

Lockdown means the return of online fitness classes and workouts in the comfort of your lounge.

Sightings of leopard seals have spiked during the level 4 lockdown.

The case is due back in court next month, but Judge Evangelos Thomas has previously said a substantive trial is still some way off.

The Waikato District Health Board still doesn't know how big the patient backlog is, after it was hit by hackers three months ago.

A Pacific health and social service provider in Auckland fears the city's fifth lockdown will push families back into hardship.

Young people in south Auckland are asking social services for help to feed their families, as they struggle through the city's fifth lockdown.

Agencies working with Auckland's homeless community say anyone sleeping rough who wants to be housed during the lockdown can be.

"I hope you are haunted by her face every time you close your eyes."

The first shelter for pets harmed by, or at risk of family violence is opening its doors.

New research has found that many who were sanctioned went without necessities such as food and medications, and often did not know they could challenge the decision.

Immigration officials have confirmed Google co-founder Larry Page applied for residency under a category for wealthy investors.

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has apologised to Parliament's health select committee and clarified he did have contact with MFAT officials about the case of a UN worker in Fiji who was…

Cabinet ministers considered giving beneficiaries a full $50 a week boost in this year's Budget, just-released documents reveal.

New research from the Child Poverty Action Group shows that, in the year since the nationwide lockdown, many more whānau have been doing it tough, with Māori and Pacific the hardest hit.

The Ministry of Social Development has written off more than 42,000 debts caused by "office errors", totalling $22.6 million over the past five years.

Foodbanks are trying to get a better idea of how many whānau are struggling to put kai on the table.

From tomorrow, changes to double minimum sick leave entitlements from five to 10 days come into effect, but workers are only eligible once they have been in a job six months.

The latest quarterly figures from the Ministry of Social Development show there are about 11,000 fewer people receiving a benefit, compared to the previous quarter.

Plunket is the largest provider of Well Child Tamariki Ora health services nationally, covering about 85 percent of the population, but a review has found it has been falling short for Māori and…

There were just 72 approved applications for the government's Covid-19 leave support scheme last month, despite hundreds of contacts of the Sydney case being required to isolate for two weeks.