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Development of wahi tapu land on Whakatane's coast could be stalled by iwi occupation after commissioners consented to a 240-section housing subdivision and retirement village next to an ancient…

Wellington City Council has taken the first step in establishing a Māori ward for the next election. Audio

President Joe Biden's US$1.9 trillion ($2.64 trillion) relief bill to help Americans deal with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has passed Congress.

An official from deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy died in custody after he was arrested, a former parliamentarian said, the second party figure to die in…

MPs will be able to question the Minister for Covid-19 Response on recent alert level changes and vote on Covid related rules like testing at the border.

The government is spending a million dollars a day on transitional and emergency housing such as motels and boarding hostels.

Severe labour shortages on Hawke's Bay apple orchards are forcing some smaller growers to only pick their fruit once a week during peak season.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been interviewed by Oprah for a two-hour CBS primetime special.

The US Senate has voted to approve America's third major spending package to deal with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Analysis - The prime minister came down hard on lockdown rule-breakers but were they clearly told what they had to do? Peter Wilson looks into the reports as another crisis lurks in the background.

Wellington City Council has finalised its budget for the next 10 years, proposing a rates increase next year of 13.53 percent, and plans to slash projects while pumping money into others.

One video clip showed police beating an unarmed volunteer medical crew. Another showed a protester being shot and probably killed on the street.

Prison guards threatened to pepper spray an inmate and then went on to put her in a headlock minutes after she'd attempted suicide.

For many people, their accounts of 22 February 2011 are of movement; leaving town or travelling into town, trying to find family: children, partners, or simply to escape.

When the quake struck, Susan Selway's husband Richard was on a plane from Auckland to Christchurch. They had to turn back. Once they landed, passengers watched news coverage in the airport.

Analysis - New Zealand's Parliament may be more diverse, but is it enough to prevent a global wave of populism from reaching New Zealand's shores, asks Geoffrey Miller and Mark Blackham.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved of an operation to capture or kill dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in 2018, a US intelligence assessment says.

Analysis: The government wants the Reserve Bank to curb house prices, Parliament passes the Māori wards bill, and an MP gets away with a rude word in the House.

Some iwi are calling for the government to invest more funds into papakāinga housing rather than state homes in a bid to combat the dire housing crisis.

Buying a home is increasingly out of reach for many as housing affordability dips to historically low levels.

Opinion - Although the government should be happy with the child poverty statistics, its 'radical incrementalism' seems to lack significant policies to tackle challenges ahead, writes Max Rashbrooke.