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A former New Plymouth mayor who campaigned for a Māori ward on the council is sceptical that a new voting system being used this year will return a more diverse group of councillors.

Auckland councillors regret signing off on the Ihumātao land being used for housing, with one saying it feels like police are being used as a "private security firm for a group of foreign investors".

A high-profile gang member with a domestic violence conviction is playing a key role within the Royal Commission of Inquiry into state abuse, despite one woman going to police over safety fears.

Auckland's measles outbreak is leading to many more people than usual - about 50 percent, up from 10 percent of those diagnosed - ending up in hospital, the regional health service says, and they do…

Mothers hope this week's budget will have funding to help parents get better qualifications.

An Otago Regional Council move to allow Ngāi Tahu to hand pick two candidates to sit on its policy committee has been called racist by councillor Michael Laws.

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Auckland residents who received "racist" pamphlets say the timing, not long after the Christchurch mosque attacks, is terrible and one is trying to shut down their distribution.

Hastings councillors have voted in favour of a proposal to increase Māori representation on its committees.

Some Māori abused in state care say they will be silenced in the government inquiry now that it includes those abused in faith-based institutions.

That was the question put to 900 Māori participants in a new study, of which 90 percent believed structural racism was to blame. Audio

A long standing critic of Fonterra, Leonie Guiney, is seeking a position on the dairy cooperative's board.

An Auckland councillor has told a meeting on welfare reform his blind mother-in-law was humiliated when asked to prove her disability at a Work and Income appointment.