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Opinion - With 100 days to New Zealand's general election the question to ask is whether Labour's wide lead in the polls will erode, writes Jack Vowles for The Conversation.

The community housing sector is ready and waiting to construct nearly 3000 homes but desperately needs cash to get building. There are hopes for funding through the "shovel-ready" infrastructure…

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster has today announced that Armed Response Teams will not be part of the New Zealand policing model in the future.

Police have apologised to the whānau of a 16-year-old boy from Masterton who was arrested last year after being mistaken for a suspect. Audio

Stadium bosses, team chief executives and food vendors are welcoming the news that sports fans are now allowed back through the turnstiles.

Mental health workers are bracing for a surge in anxiety cases under alert level 1, as people feel distressed by the return to a more hectic world after the calm of the previous levels.

Melana Khabazi’s love affair with dance helped the 26-year-old Russian discover her spiritual home half a world away from where she was born. 

The European Union has allocated a budget support of more than $US20 million to help the Fiji Government tackle the Covid-19 and climate change crises.

Hundreds of displaced Queenstown workers may be used to help tackle a growing pest problem - wilding pines. Video

New Zealand First MP Clayton Mitchell will leave Parliament after the general election.

While Covid-19 slowed the country to a standstill, one rehab centre continued to be as busy as ever.

A collective of rainbow organisations say the government's Rebuilding Together Budget lacks any specific funding for their communities at a time when they face more challenges than ever.

New Niue MP-elect, Richard Hipa, has confirmed his intention to put his name forward for the country's Premiership and says the weekend's election results indicate people want change.

Two orchard workers, who laughed as they sexually violated a woman they had abducted, have been jailed.

Covid-19 adds further pressure to some cities already struggling with squeezed rental property markets, as the number of vulnerable people unable to afford housing also rises.

A number of people trying to improve the health and lives of Pasifika have been recognised in the latest Queen's Birthday Honours.

Fighting for equality is more important than ever before, says a former Human Rights Commissioner who is a Queen's Birthday honours recipient.

Two people were killed when a glider crashed near Taupō and weather permitting, their bodies will be removed today.

Two people are dead following a glider crash near Taupō this afternoon.

There were concerns from directors and teachers over the well-being of their tertiary students from Tonga studying in Auckland during the national lockdown. Audio