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Former meth addict Holly Beckham - who is from Northland, where use of the drug spiked last year - says she's now "happy", something she never thought possible.

The government has revealed plans to spend $1.4 billion into infrastructure in a bid to boost housing stock across five Auckland suburbs.

The trucking industry says its operators will have to pass on any increases in fuel costs to customers, while construction costs have increased by 18 percent in the last year. Audio

The National Party leader says the government is addicted to spending and is making inflation worse. Audio

Acting Prime Minister Grant Robertson says the government will be setting new fiscal rules after its previous self-imposed rules were suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Under the proposal, five reserves would be sold to Kāinga Ora, three to private developers, and two would become pensioner housing, documents obtained by Local Democracy Reporting suggest.

Some builders are threatening to bypass council inspections due to "absurd" delays in getting staff on site.

Midweek Mediawatch: Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about alternative approaches to stories about our housing and transport problems - and news media getting a green light to try and get Facebook…

Climate Change Minister James Shaw says the latest report shows we cannot rely on a pandemic to cut emissions, and National's Christopher Luxon says more may need to be done.

Pakistan's parliament was set to meet on Monday local time to elect a new prime minister, with opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif the favourite to win.

A Wellington city councillor fears a group occupying a bay on Miramar Peninsula could cause an ecological crisis and wants them to go home.

The Office of the Attorney General in the Northern Marianas has filed a criminal case against the Governor, Ralph Torres.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has been ousted from power after losing a no-confidence vote in his leadership.

The media has for the most part accepted climate change is a crisis, and time is running out to implement fixes. But climate solutions, particularly when it comes to transport and housing, are still…

He was lured to New Zealand with promises of money and a better life, but instead he was kept as a slave, repeatedly assaulted and cut off from his family. For the first time, he tells his story.

Māori health and social service providers in Te-Matau-a-Māui (Hawke's Bay) are joining forces to support thousands of struggling whānau to meet their basic needs as Omicron hits.

Explainer - What is the Australia New Zealand refugee resettlement deal and why has it been agreed after nearly a decade? RNZ is here to clear it all up.

Sri Lanka's beleaguered president will not be resigning, his government's whip has told parliament.

The tide of people moving out of Auckland for greener pastures in other parts of the country has increased during the pandemic.

Sri Lanka's cabinet ministers have resigned en masse after protests over the government's handling of the worst economic crisis in decades.

A trans man says he was endangered on multiple occasions when in the care of Corrections. Is the department doing enough to ensure the safety of trans prisoners?