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The National MP for Coromandel says residents deserve to know when the Ministry of Social Development office in Thames can be reopened for clients.

Seventeen percent spend more than half of their income on rents or mortgages, compared to 11 percent in other countries.

With so many people queuing up for Rotorua Whakaora's free supermarket, older people are finding it hard to get what they need.

A patient advocate says new instructions to Pharmac could do more for Māori access to medicines than simply having a "Te Tiriti provision". Audio

The NZ Foreign Minister says countries talking about the transition to a green future must understand that "we cannot get there unless...we are engaged in extraction."

A Kanak political commentator in New Zealand says calls to separate New Caledonia into pro- and anti-independence provinces would worsen racial inequality in the territory. Audio

The party is reiterating a call for Darleen Tana to resign from Parliament, and say they are "very confident" in the report.

The Police Association says the government's pay offer fails to recognise how far officers have fallen behind inflation. Audio

The Conservative Party has paid the price for the dilapidated state of the UK and Keir Starmer's new Labour government will have its work cut out to fix it, says author Will Hutton. Audio

Opinion -The Fourth Labour Government swept in a tide of change, moulding the way we think about politics and what is considered politically possible, Richard Shaw writes. Video

How much is too much? That's the question many are asking as the months-long wedding for the youngest son of Asia's richest man enter its final phase.

About 360,000 people can't afford the power they need. Some sit there with "nothing but the lights on" as they freeze. Audio

A leading health researcher says it shows the health system does not prioritise women's problems.

From next year, children will start being tested after just 20 weeks of schooling, the PM and education minister say.

The Christchurch City Council is considering options, including a bylaw, to address aggressive begging - with fears it is out of control in some areas.

Whakaata Māori has announced a review of its organisational structure as it faces a $9.5 million funding decrease in coming years.

Unaddressed inequities is the main issue leading to unchanged mortality rates for babies and mothers. Audio

The only thing connecting each tiny room at the Happiness Factory to the outside world is a feeding hole in the door.

While delivering the coalition's second Budget, Finance Minister Biman Prasad said the government must act faster to address its serious skills shortage and drug crisis.

A French diplomat in the Pacific has rejected claims there is a military operation in New Caledonia, saying "fake news portraying the riots as one community against another distort reality". Audio

Clashes spread out of the capital to other cities and at least five people have been reportedly killed.

But Health Minister Dr Shane Reti does not think the announcement on Budget Day was a mistake. Audio