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A national rental housing warrant of fitness - aimed at making rental housing safer - will be trialled in the new year.

Tauranga iwi Nga Potiki o Tamapahore has signed a Treaty settlement giving it just over $3 million and the return of tribal land on which it plans to build homes.

A man found dead in Tauranga over the weekend was injured in a fight he had helped to break up hours before his death, police say.

Police are treating the death of a man in Tauranga on Sunday morning as suspicious.

Social housing provider Accessible Properties is to get $3.5 million from the Government to build 20 homes in Wellington, Tauranga and Hamilton.

The Agriculture Ministry in Niue says there is potential to develop hydroponic farming on the island. The Minister Teariki Heather says the practice of growing plants, such as lettuces and...

Power has been restored throughout the storm-hit areas of Auckland, the Coromandel, Wairarapa and Whanganui.

The police say an armed man who hindered them and the Fire Service from putting out a house fire in the Kaimai Ranges is now in hospital.

Wednesday's headlines: War veteran's house was burgled while he was away battling a bout of bronchitis; late fees for rates' bungled by council; Dunedin summit to look at ways to grow the regional…

A crime prevention programme has been hailed for keeping victims of serious domestic violence safe from further abuse.

Tuesday's headlines: Canterbury people fed up with earthquake rubberneckers; post-storm traffic congestion in Wellington could last all week; more fog predicted in Waikato.

Local body leaders say the Government's proposed housing accords are not going to deliver affordable housing. Audio

The Government insists its Housing Accord with the Auckland Council is not at risk, despite the deputy mayor saying the council might not sign it. Audio

A bank economist says he expects legislation to fast-track building developments will have little effect on rising house prices for at least three years. Audio

Radio New Zealand's political editor Brent Edwards analyses the Budget. Audio

Finance Minister Bill English says housing can be made more affordable by focusing on land supply, consent processes and productivity in the construction sector. Audio

Police say people evacuated after a meth lab explosion in Mount Maunganui can now return to their homes.

Severe weather in the Bay of Plenty has caused the release of a large amount of plastic beads from a container on the sunken stern of the Rena. Audio