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National has pledged to hit beneficiaries with tougher sanctions - including benefit reductions or mandatory community work - if they fail to meet their obligations more than twice.

One of Ngāpuhi's greatest scholars has been laid to rest at Waimā in the Far North.

Recycling is not the beginning nor end when it comes to climate change. In fact, it comes way down the list of things you can personally do to help save the planet. 

Opinion - Any new government will need time to develop new legislation if it wants to make significant change and in the meantime, environmental management will be business as usual, Jeffrey McNeill w…

National is promising to end recently-imposed speed limit reductions if it wins the election.

China's President Xi Jinping opened the 19th Asian Games in the Eastern city of Hangzhou during a spectacular and at times raucous ceremony.

Three years ago Sinead Boucher took over the country’s biggest publisher of news from Aussie owners who gave it away “like a set of steak knives.” In the absence of big backers and the government…

The new multiple entry parent visa category would be valid for five years and could be renewed for a further five years.

The ACT Party wants to bring back over-the-counter pseudoephedrine, make it easier to get some other drugs, and make changes to the Retirement Commission.

Dozens of untold Dawn Raids stories are being shared across New Zealand. Audio

Analysis - David Seymour and Winston Peters indicated they could work together in government, but then went on to undermine each other in a lively debate.

"They're crook ... but they hold people up with a silver pen rather than a gun."

Queenstown could face months of having to boil water until treatment plants are upgraded, the mayor says, as the regulator indicates similar action against other councils.

Stand-in Liam Lawson is hoping for another strong weekend with AlphaTauri when he returns to familiar Suzuka for this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix.

Smaller councils are facing bigger audit costs and more difficulties after the government introduced new requirements, a West Coast council boss says.

Analysis - It's clearly wrong that there are no health outcomes that have got any better under Labour. So why was Christopher Luxon allowed to repeat this?

The number of banking scams is accelerating at a worrying rate, according to the banking ombudsman, Nicola Sladden.