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Is New Zealand keeping up with its ageing population; as the population grows older, how will we provide for them?

A former detective who has worked with the British army and British police says he never experienced bullying like he experienced in New Zealand.

Young people have speaking at the UN about the impacts of climate change ahead of a youth-led climate strike that will see worldwide demonstrations calling for more action from political leaders. Audio

Competition was hot at Nelson's Saxton Field last night, but it wasn't cricket, netball or hockey.

Directors behind failed construction firms Stanley Group and Tallwood Holdings have appeared in front of creditors to apologise, saying they take complete responsibility.

In today's sports news - Spurs upset in League Cup, Fed Cup tournament coming to Wellington and Warriors change hands.

Texts about a retirement complex's unsafe plumbing, which Hutt City Council said did not exist, were in fact sent to Ray Wallace who later deleted them.

Fiji's Prime Minister has launched the world's first relocation fund for people displaced by climate change.

Those who work with bereaved parents say more needs to be done to help them and are calling for a national bereavement strategy.

There are calls for more support for mothers whose premature babies die, after one mother described being told to take her dead baby home and keep him in the fridge.

Gender diverse people are rarely counted in national statistics - the first comprehensive study on the health of trans and non-binary NZers is a chance to fill the gaps. Digital journalist Murphy repo…

The Curtain Bank, which re-upholsters and redistributes donated curtains, is in desperate need of more donations, it says.

The government is not moving fast enough to reform the welfare system and it must make urgent changes to lift children and whānau out of poverty, advocates for the country's poorest families say.

Short documentary - Tamāloa follows a New Zealand-born Samoan professional rugby player based in the UK reflecting on homesickness, raising his family in Britain, masculinity and mental health. Video

Malta is to hold an independent public inquiry into the murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

Those at the frontline of Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago's housing crisis say the problem is now too big to be solved locally.

Property values have levelled off but there are high rental costs, low-wage workers resorting to sharing beds and issues for neighbouring Central Otago.

The stigma of mental illness in Samoa is contributing to the country's stubbornly high suicide rate, an NGO says. Audio

Residents of a former Queenstown camping ground may be homeless after being evicted to make way for a billion-dollar development.