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The board of Auckland Council's water company will on Friday consider the future of its chief executive, who has been on sick leave all year. Mark Ford earns $700,000-plus a year.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown has rejected more fuel efficient vehicles in choosing his official car, just weeks after launching a strategy to cut the city's greenhouse gas emissions. Audio

The Canterbury wrestlers Tayla Ford and Sam Belkin have won New Zealand's first wrestling medals in 28 years at a Commonwealth Games, both taking bronze in Glasgow.

A CAA official says an investigation by the organisation following a balloon crash in Wairarapa did not consider evidence of cannabis found in pilot Lance Hopping's body. Audio

New Zealand's a good chance to add another gold medal on day seven of the Commonwealth Games, with the shot put star Valerie Adams in action at Hampden Park.

Despite repeated complaints about the pilot of a hot-air balloon that crashed in Wairarapa, killing 11 people, the Civil Aviation Authority took no action against him, an inquest has been told. Audio

One of the country's highest-paid public servants remains on sick leave following surgery at the start of the year. Mark Ford heads Auckland Council's water company.

The Employment Relations Authority has reserved its decision in the case of a Whangarei District Council employee sacked last year for nominating a mayoral candidate.

Motorsport’s always been about the thrills, the chills and the spills. With improvements in safety and tech, it’s now as dangerous as crossing a busy street.

The world's largest naval exercise begins on Saturday in Hawaii, involving New Zealand and 22 other Pacific nations. The HMNZS Canterbury sailed into Pearl Harbour on Friday.

The former chair of troubled state-owned company Solid Energy has resigned from the board due to ill-health.