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The government has unveiled an ambitious $100m plan to tackle homelessness in New Zealand, saying it is "pulling out all the stops".

Twenty-five homeless Hawke's Bay families were forced out of emergency accommodation to make way for Art Deco Festival tourists over the last two years.

Fire engineers are blowing the whistle on a "ticking timebomb" threatening the construction industry, says the Property Council.

The nerve agent used to poison former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia was delivered "in a liquid form", the Department for Environment says.

First Person - While many spent Easter indulging in chocolate, NZ's Jewish community have been eating unleavened bread. Sophia Duckor-Jones joins a group of fellow young Jews to celebrate Passover…

More than 700 large families are waiting for a state house but the government's largest housing provider, Housing New Zealand, has less than 50 homes big enough to offer them.

Raw sewage has been leaking into the walls of Middlemore Hospital's Scott building, on top of all the other problems with its buildings.

A new Auckland central housing project will take some of the pressure off the private sector, says Housing Minister Phil Twyford. Audio

A new group of courses helping people initiate discussions around suicide rather than waiting until someone has died before intervening are experiencing overwhelming demand.

Up to 4000 new homes will be built at a major new development on land at Unitec's Mt Albert campus in Auckland, the Housing Minister has announced.

"If you care about the arts, then you should be worried."

The Health Minister is demanding answers from South Auckland health bosses after they failed to tell him the full extent of the leaky building crisis at Middlemore Hospital. Audio

US President Donald Trump has called for drug traffickers to face the death penalty as part of his plan to combat the country's painkiller-addiction epidemic.

Papua New Guinea's prime minister says his government is fully committed to the Bougainville Peace Agreement.

Should the New Zealand Wars be commemorated as a national public holiday?

As part of a reshuffle of National MPs, Judith Collins has been promoted and given the housing portfolio.

Whanganui principals are worried enrolments at some of the city's schools have fallen as low as 50 or 60 children and they might need government intervention.

The US Secret Service says the man shot and killed himself outside the north fence of the building.