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The United Arab Emirates is arbitrarily detaining at least 2400 Afghan asylum seekers, Human Rights Watch says.

Rising bank profits and the widening margin between lending and borrowing rates mean the Reserve Bank is doing its job.

The health system in Canterbury is being described as in crisis.

Climate scientists and other notables also want the the general election to be a "climate election", noting it would be a mistake to emerge from the cyclone clinging to the past.

Casey, who has led the government's Implementation Unit and Covid-19 Group, has been acting in the role since 28 February and has been appointed for two years.

Government spending on consultants and contractors is back in the news - but what are they actually paid to do?

A years-long housing crisis in Te Matau-a-Māui has been made worse by the recent cyclone, an iwi chair says.

One month on from Cyclone Gabrielle, some in Hawke's Bay remain without power - but the lights are slowly coming back on.

A Queenstown renter says he and his flatmates were given notice after raising concerns about a spare room being let on Airbnb.

Silicon Valley Bank customers will have access to their deposits starting on Monday, US officials said, as the government announced actions to stem any broader financial fallout from collapse.

An investment analyst expects New Zealand's sharemarket to take a hit when it opens on Monday after a US bank was shut down by regulators.

A series of independent retailers on Wellington's Cuba Street are shutting up shop and owners say they cannot afford to do business there.

Labour MP Tamati Coffey has announced he will retire from Parliament at the end of this term.

Christopher Luxon says he cannot understand why so many health communications staff are needed and some could be fired in a cull of the public service workforce if National wins the election. Audio

There is a collective sense of dread that comes whenever the sky turns grey, a pall of anxiety that descends whenever the rain returns.

The number of people expecting house prices will decrease is close to the levels last seen during the global financial crisis.

The proposal is included in a taxation bill, and would require digital platforms that offer accommodation, food delivery and ride-sharing to charge GST on all bookings.

It is still unclear how many people have been made homeless in Hawke's Bay more than two weeks after Cyclone Gabrielle struck.

Residents of a rural Hawke's Bay town cheered for repair crews arriving to restore their power after more than two weeks in a blackout after Cyclone Gabrielle.

Councillors have finalised the Christchurch City Council's draft budget for the coming year, which will now be put out for public feedback.

The death of Guy Wallace, who was one of the last people to see Ben Smart and Olivia Hope alive and a key witness in a murder trial, was self-inflicted, says a coroner.

The expert says homes in floodplains that are inundated regularly, or quickly, will likely keep getting struck over and over again unless expensive protections are built.