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Additional lines crews are being brought in from Bay of Plenty and Wellington to restore power to about 200 properties still without power because of heavy snow bringing down lines and poles in the… Audio

Power Play with Brent Edwards - The Government now looks set to achieve a surplus, so why is Bill English talking down the achievement?

An Auckland budget advisor says the lack of affordable housing in the city has now reached crisis point.

The property market in Northland has sprung back to life for the first time since the global financial crisis. Audio

The Labour Party and New Zealand First have challenged the Government to use the information it will be collecting on property purchases to set up a register of foreign buyers.

The Prime Minister has shrugged off worries about the economy but opposition parties accuse John Key of being complacent as economists call for intervention. Audio

The dilemma of finding affordable rental housing that’s also up to standard.

Members of the Greek community in New Zealand are worried for their friends, family and finances after banks in Greece closed amid an escalating debt crisis. Audio

EU leaders holding late-night talks in Brussels have agreed to relocate tens of thousands of migrants who have arrived in Italy and Greece.

Civil Defence authorities will today begin escorting Whanganui residents with special circumstances to their homes behind the emergency cordon. Audio

Residents of Waitotara are seeking answers over their evacuation from their homes over the weekend, with some saying they were forced to sleep in their cars. Audio

The Housing New Zealand subsidiary developing homes at Hobsonville Point in Auckland is struggling to understand why costs for building materials have been rising.

Interpol has suspended a 20-million-euro sports integrity agreement with FIFA as the European Parliament called for Sepp Blatter to leave the building.

A petition has been presented to the Tonga parliament backing the government's efforts to ratify the United Nation's Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, or CEDAW.

The Auckland Council is applauding the Government's moves to free up Crown land for developers.

Home Truths with Eileen Cameron - Auckland's chief reporter live-blogs her visit to six open homes in one day, featuring asbestos, traffic jams and a rogue gnome.

The Housing Minister is defending plans to free up Crown land in Auckland to build new homes amid claims most of the sites are totally unsuitable. Audio

Tens of thousands of young New Zealanders are out of work. We talk to three who have struggled to get their foot in the door of the job market.

More young adults are asking for food parcels and emergency accommodation, social workers say.