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French Polynesia confirms Omicron cases; Air NZ flight cancelled due to volcanic ash cloud close to Tongatapu; Impeachment resolution against CNMI governor readied, and more.

Two overgrown former bowling greens in Palmerston North are at the centre of a land-use debate pitting housing advocates against green-space defenders.

Women are worse off than men in retirement - and experts predict Covid-19 will make things worse, Naomi Arnold reports.

How long can the construction industry keep taking the hits? A look at another year of disruption in building. 

Changes to the Resource Management Act making it easier to build houses in the country's biggest cities has passed its final reading in Parliament with cross-party support.

The government has no plans to make any substantial improvements to emergency housing outside of Rotorua until next year.

The first funding deal for the Government's Infrastructure Acceleration Fund has been signed between Kāinga Ora, Porirua City Council and Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira, which will see 880 houses built in…

The police have been actively gathering and analysing detailed information on rising rates of crime and violence at emergency housing, despite insisting for months they do not "specifically" collect…

Ricky Houghton works with some of the Far North's poorest, finding them homes, reuniting families and giving them hope. Here, he shares his Christmas wish list for his community.

In today's Focus on Politics podcast, Deputy Political Editor Craig McCulloch talks with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about the year that's been.

Analysis - Christopher Luxon goes head-to-head with Jacinda Ardern; the government unveils a new strategy to combat family and sexual violence; and a world-leading plan to ban tobacco sales is…

Amelia Kerr wants the world to understand the mental hell she's been through in the past 18 months. And the White Ferns wunderkind tells Kristy Havill how her family and those closest to her helped…

Māori-led initiatives in the Bay of Plenty will be seeking ways to tackle the impact of climate change, helped by new funding from the regional council.

A regular 20 percent deposit on a lower quartile Auckland home is $20,000 more than at the end of last year, and $40,000 more than two years ago.

A survey trying to determine what compliance progress building owners had made so far only got a reply from 40 percent of those sent questions.

The Solomon Islands prime minister Manasseh Sogavare has defeated a motion of no confidence by 32 votes to 15 with two abstentions. Audio

Women's Refuge says time will tell if the newly announced 25-year plan to tackle domestic and sexual violence will work.

Analysis - Africa Programme's Paul Melly break down where things gone have wrong for France in West Africa and why the European nation appears so unpopular in Africa.