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The ACT Party has announced a policy to give prisoners time off their sentences for learning to read and write aimed at reducing reoffending.

A new lobby group is hitting the road to make broadcasting and the media an election year issue. Mediawatch asks a former broadcasting minister if that might work - and why Donald Trump might help.

The Wellington City Council will build 750 new units of social and affordable housing in the next 10 years, the mayor has announced. Audio

Housing is the top issue on the minds of both voters and candidates in this Saturday's Mt Albert by-election.

After 13 hours of debate on the Prime Minister's Statement the House voted 'aye' on a motion of confidence in the Government.

Firefighters were needlessly taken away from a fire in the Port Hills at a crucial time, only to be called back an hour and a half later, their union says.

Photographer Chris Corson-Scott shares what these locations say about our environment.

More than 250 state homes have sat empty for more than a year while the government waits for someone to buy them.

NZ On Air funding is now available for online outlets to make documentaries. Jeremy Rose looks at the first major documentary paid for with the public purse.

Construction bottlenecks are likely to prevent rising building consents from having any real impact on the city's housing crisis, industry experts say.

Auckland's $1.5 million waterfront artwork has been illuminated for the first time, but the city's mayor is keeping his view on the work to himself.

Photographer Sim Chi Yin documents the people driven underground by the Chinese capital's housing crisis.