Search Results

Two unions have presented more than 15,000 signatures to two MPs, calling for the government to give residency to long-term migrant workers and over-stayers.

The government is hypocritical for releasing details of its fair pay policy after freezing public sector wages, says Auckland Action Against Poverty.

Not long before three-year-old Axle's amazing survival after a night alone in the bush, his family had no home and lived in tents when emergency accommodation felt unsafe.

India reported a record 412,262 new Covid-19 cases and a record 3980 daily death toll, as a second wave of infections swamps the health system and spreads into the vast countryside.

Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne has been sentenced to five years and nine months in jail for sexually assaulting a woman on the night of the 2018 grand final.

Pacific women in New Zealand have the highest rates of antenatal and postnatal depression, yet low numbers get help. Sela Jane Hopgood asks why.

Public servants earning more than $60,000 will only be offered pay increases under exceptional circumstances for the next three years.

The fate of Pakiri's sand is again at the centre of a fight between sand mining companies who want to ship it to Auckland, and locals who want to keep it on their beach. Farah Hancock reports.

A survey of the banking industry shows profits were up for the first part of the year.

Venezuela has been "sending signals" to the Biden administration, but Washington will not ease sanctions without concrete steps toward new elections.

Biden's flip on American refugee numbers erases Trump's historically low number

Flash flooding in Covid-19 containment areas in Fiji is the latest challenge for authorities trying to stem a community outbreak of the virus.

The Covid-19 crisis in India is so bad it's been called the 'invisible terrorist'. It's also split families in New Zealand and is causing huge heartache. 

What can a seven-year-old boy teach a Christchurch MP about community housing? Frank Film investigates. Video

The Green Party is urging the government to keep rent control on the table, as many renters find themselves stretched to their financial limit.

A renters group says it is high time the government introduces rent controls, while an economist says such measures will make the housing crisis worse. Audio

The US has told its citizens to leave India as soon as possible as the country battles a devastating coronavirus wave.

Whanganui District Council and iwi are looking at partnering in a joint initiative to address the housing crisis recently described as horrific by local iwi.

President Joe Biden has proposed a sweeping new $1.8 trillion plan in a joint US congress, pleading with Republicans to work with him on divisive issues and to meet the stiff competition posed by…

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met with the American Chamber of Commerce to discuss issues relating to New Zealand's relationship with the United States.

Unknown sums of money are being handed over to moteliers to cover damages caused by emergency housing clients - officials aren't keeping track of what's being spent and can't put a total figure on it.