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An Auckland woman who forged documents to steal public money from the charity she managed has been sentenced to two years and one month in jail.

Gloriavale leavers have started a petition calling on the government to launch a wide-ranging inquiry into the West Coast Christian community.

Leaked documents show a cash-strapped Auckland trust for the disabled paid senior staff bonuses to manage its closure and wants to reopen with a focus on private clients.

They jostled, they pointed, they laughed, they agreed and they jeered at candidates seeking to convince Māori voters that they were worthy of their support. Video

An Auckland-based Tuvaluan nurse says her language and culture have been advantageous in working with vulnerable communities.

One doctor has quit her membership and others are speaking out because of the New Zealand Medical Association's stance on the cannabis referendum.

Many in Ōtepoti/Dunedin's 4000 strong Pacific Island community believe the government could do more to help them thrive in the south of the South Island. Audio

The country has surpassed a housing crisis and has now reached "housing chaos", according to one emergency housing provider.

Paul Beale spent more than 40 years of his life as a patient in care. The treatment he received has been outlined to the Abuse in Care Royal Commission on Inquiry.

Some internet surfers are in hot water over their in-shower cellphone use, Teresa Cowie discovers.

Fiji music icon Daniel Rae Costello is being honoured in this year's Pacific Music Awards in NZ.

A man who was wrongly identified as mentally disabled when just six years old, was then sent to a state institution where he was physically and sexually abused until the end of his teens.

A man with an intellectual disability who went into care as a young child and was physically and sexually abused has described his childhood as a nightmare.

National would bring in a zero suicides strategy and install New Zealand's first minister for mental health if elected.

Media revelations of alleged abuse at Auckland's Dilworth School came as a shock to many people, but not those who know the long history of abuse of children in state care around New Zealand, finally…

Long-time local body politician and former Whangārei Mayor and Northland Regional Council chairman Craig Brown has died.

Despite greater sensitivity around the subject of mental health within New Zealand's Pasifika community, more still needs to be done. Audio

Whānau are being forced to stay up to a year in emergency housing, a housing charity in the Far North has said.