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The era of hybrid working could be upon us for good as inner city businesses invite employees back into the office.

Fluoride will likely soon be added to thousands of Northlanders' drinking water - as the government moves to impose the controversial additive's inclusion in council water supplies.

Question Time works best if the MPs ask tight, non-political questions. Straight questions are more likely to get straight answers, so they’re kept as tight as possible but not always by choice.

The extent of how far-reaching wild kiwifruit is in the Marlborough Sounds is under the microscope - as the council considers whether it needs to be included in its pest management plan.

An upgrade to Hastings city centre has left some businesses at the other end of the shopping area feeling hard done by.

Increasing Māori participation in local democracy is the intention behind a "crucial" project, because Māori and young people are "disengaged and disenfranchised".

There has been mixed reaction from Māori to the government's Emissions Reduction Plan, with some arguing there are still gaps that the report does not address. Audio

Southland Hospital was closing wards to ensure staff did not get infected, amid "significant staffing shortages", the head of the DHB's Covid-19 response said. Audio

The government is defending not making the agriculture sector pay for a new agri-tech centre, saying the technology still needs to be rolled out to farms. Audio

The road to discounting electric cars for low-income families is likely to be bumpy, some in the industry are warning. Audio

The general manager of Enliven Central, which runs 14 resthomes across the North Island, said they were desperate for nurses but were not getting applications through traditional advertising.

Low-income families who scrap their old car will get funding to buy a low-emitting vehicle in a $569 million scheme, one of the big-ticket items in the government's first Emissions Reductions Plan.

The head of the Christchurch Call says the global initiative has made it harder for people to weaponise the internet.

Australians are 'not going to tolerate this policy anymore,' says refugee Behrouz Boochani, one of many outraged at the political timing of Scott Morrison's refugee deal with New Zealand after years…

The Acting Chief Censor has put a temporary ban on New Zealanders sharing the racist manifesto of a teenager arrested over a mass shooting in New York.

Boris Johnson is to tell Northern Ireland's leaders that any move to change post-Brexit trade rules must also restore power-sharing in the country's legislature.

One of the heads of the Nurses Union says New Zealand's public health system is short 4000 nurses heading into winter.

The death of a Palmerston North Hospital patient, whose body was found metres from the building six days after he disappeared, has been ruled a suicide.

The NZ Police Association president says speculation that Mike Bush is being considered for the top job in London shows the strength of New Zealand's force.