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How do you get property in the Government's new Special Housing Areas? Would-be buyers say getting onto a waiting list, or some kind of ballot, is proving impossible. Audio

A Waihi man who rallied support from his community to send a container of aid to Fiji following Cyclone Winston says six months on, some villages are still without electricity and adequate housing. Audio

A former Police Commissioner has told a Court that the Ministry of Social Development took all the practicable steps it could to protect employees and could not have foreseen a shooting at its… Read more Audio

Plans to build three wind turbines to generate electricity for a small rural community north of Dunedin have been rejected due to claims they ruined the beauty of the area. Audio

An Otago University study has found that children who suck their thumbs or bite their nails are much less likely to get allergies in later life. Audio

A key Crown witness has denied she was under pressure in the trial over Luke Tipene's death - despite changing her evidence about seeing her cousin being fatally stabbed outside a Grey Lynn Halloween… Read more Audio

A multi-million-dollar campaign has been launched to help prevent older people from falling over and injuring themselves. Audio

Westpac Bank is clamping down on property investors, cutting its interest-only lending term from 15 years to a maximum of five years. Audio