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Calls are being made for tougher penalties on so-called coward's punches, after a mixed martial artist was left critically-injured following an assault on Symonds Street in central Auckland. Audio

Documents show transport officials wanted to remove dodgy handbrakes from more than 1000 trucks by the middle of last year but it still hasn't happened.

Has the Christchurch Call made any progress or has the whole thing descended into a talk fest? 

Stratford will not have a Māori ward at next year's election, despite one iwi accusing the district council of racism over its stance.

Rating changes introduced by the Waitomo District Council six years ago are to be reversed because of demand for rural land.

It's budget week at Parliament but there are bills to work through before that takes place on issues like overseas investment, drug testing, and increasing sick leave

Māori wards supporters are planning a final push to show Horizons Regional Council they want Māori wards next year.

New Zealand Rugby has offered to meet with the Players' Association later this week so it can outline its Forsyth Barr proposal for a public share float.

Māori voters who responded to a Horizons Regional Council survey overwhelmingly support bringing in Māori wards next year.

An emotional seven-month circumnavigation of New Zealand is over for American solo sailor Elana Connor, who sailed into Auckland yesterday, accompanied by yachts and waka. Audio

Hundreds of foreign investors are expected to arrive in New Zealand in coming months as a result of new border exemptions allowing wealthy investors linked to two government programmes to visit.

A look at what's in the aspirational He Puapua document, currently being used to stir racial disharmony. 

National leader Judith Collins has suffered a sharp dip in support in the preferred prime minister stakes, in the latest Newshub Reid Research poll.

A souvenir shop owner wants the government to learn from Australia and offer rental support to businesses struggling because of the pandemic.

The first repatriation flight from New Delhi has landed in Darwin following the end of the federal government's controversial ban on travel from India.

Israel has intensified its assault on Gaza, as Palestinian militants continue to fire rockets into Israel on the fifth day of hostilities. Meanwhile, civilians are fleeing.

Samoan officers back home at last; MP 'under investigation'; migration bill concerns; and vehicle charges introduced. Police reunited with family after two years Fifteen members of the Samoan Police…

NZ Rugby has been presented with an alternative capital raising option that the players association believes is far better than the proposed Silver Lake deal.