Sarah Robson

Forestry companies have offered to help clean up the flood-hit East Coast, but their heavy machinery is going nowhere because of closed roads. Associate Minister for Forestry Meka Whaitiri went with… Audio

The lack of regulation around debt collection has emerged as a problem as the Government reviews the country's lending laws. Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Kris Faafoi says he's concerned… Audio

Budget advisers want the government to look at limits on the total cost of borrowing, to stop people ending up trapped in a cycle of debt. Andrew Mitchell is a financial adviser with the Salvation… Audio

Budgeting services say law changes made three years ago to crack down on loan sharks and other high-cost lenders aren't working and many people are still struggling with spiralling debts. About 60,000… Audio

Budgeting services say they haven't seen a drop off in the number of people coming to them for help, even after law changes that came in three years ago to rein in lenders. Adrienne Gallie is a… Audio

Thousands of young job-seekers met potential employers in Auckland yesterday in an event aimed at getting more of the city's youth into jobs. Auckland Council organised the JobFest because more than… Audio

Community groups have told MPs the proposed law to measure child poverty and set targets to reduce it is too narrow in its scope.

They say there needs to be a broader set of indicators to measure… Audio

Otago University has removed and destroyed hundreds of copies of the student magazine Critic, after it deemed the cover of this week's issue to be objectionable. The cover depicts a cartoon image of a… Audio

Counties Manukau DHB says pregnant women won't be affected if it is forced to remediate or rebuild the quake-prone Galbraith Building. Video, Audio

WORLD may have fallen foul of the law by labelling t-shirts as New Zealand made, when they were actually made offshore. Video, Audio

Dentists despairing over the growing number of children with rotting teeth say the only real cure is ending poverty. Children as young as 18 months have teeth so badly decayed they have to be pulled… Audio

Principals say resources, such as a controversial methamphetamine information booklet given to Massey High School students, are important for preparing teenagers for life outside of school. The… Video, Audio

Hundreds of University of Auckland students and supporters protested today against the planned closure of several libraries over fears about what it will mean for their learning and research. Video, Audio

The mayors of Taupo, Rotorua and Ruapehu District will today meet with the Health Minister David Clark over the possible loss of rescue helicopter services in the region. Under a proposed re-design of… Audio