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Early childhood education leaders are warning an oversupply of early childhood centres is causing job losses and will lead to closures.

Mainzeal sub-contractors and former staff will learn more about the likelihood of getting paid money they are owed by the former construction company at a creditors' meeting in Auckland on Wednesday.

Auckland Transport is encouraging people to use buses and ferries over the Easter holiday, as all trains are cancelled due to rail upgrades.

A fire on a boat in Auckland's Okahu Bay that forced a road closure has been contained.

The TAB says there are no real alternatives to closing its phone betting centre in Auckland, where more than 50 people work. Audio

The whole of the North Island is now officially in a state of drought. The Primary Industries Minister says the conditions are the worst in 30 years.

Fletcher Building has issued a grim outlook for the Australian construction sector, saying a downturn in residential building and weak approval levels for commercial construction are unlikely to…

The steel construction and heavy engineering sector says overseas suppliers are under-cutting local businesses with low-quality products for big government projects.

Police are seeking a driver who ran away from a fatal car crash in central Auckland early on Thursday.

Agencies supporting victims of sexual abuse and assault say frontline services are being lost because of dwindling government funding, which could lead to mental health problems and even suicide among…

Profit at Kiwi Income Property Trust has risen sharply after it received an insurance payment and proceeds from a sale.

A special needs school earmarked for closure is considering legal action against the Government. Audio

The number of businesses is down slightly in regions except Wellington. There were 469,000 firms at February 2012.

A number of roads and a section of motorway in Auckland are closed on Sunday for the Auckland marathon.

Severe weather that brought heavy rain, high winds and snow to many parts of the country on Saturday is expected to ease by mid-morning on Sunday.

The Government plans to save $14 million in the coming four years as a result of closing District Courts and putting more of their business online. About 70 jobs will ultimately be lost. Audio

Hutt South MP Trevor Mallard says high rents have forced the closure of one of Wainuiomata's two supermarkets, with the loss of 44 jobs.

A firefighter has been injured putting out an intense fire at a commercial building in central Auckland.

Closing rural schools in Canterbury will damage the life of small communities, an education academic says.

Dairy farmers in eastern Waikato and Coromandel say they hope that the heavy rain which has caused localised flooding will ease on Tuesday, as many of them have herds in the middle of calving.

Bad weather has caused travel chaos in Waikato and Coromandel, with the latest closure a main route on the Coromandel Peninsula. The heavy rain is moving on to Western Bay of Plenty and Gisborne.

Family and friends have farewelled young Auckland woman Jane Furlong almost two decades after she went missing.