A Christchurch police officer who allegedly stole money handed into the station by the public and covered her tracks has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
A Christchurch pair have been jailed for trying to obtain more than $400,000 through income tax refunds, student loan payments and Working for Families.
There are calls for the government to settle an unpaid debt to blood cancer sufferers by fulfilling a promise by the National government to close the medicine gap.
A psychiatrist has told a High Court jury the man accused of lighting the fatal Loafers Lodge fire was insane at the time and had no intention of hurting anyone.
A forensic accountant has told the High Court at Auckland the spending of a woman accused of murdering her children and hiding their bodies in suitcases skyrocketed after her husband's death.
A group of clergy members have chained themselves together outside the finance minister's office in Wellington, calling for government action against Israel.
A landlord says she has been left exhausted, stressed and in debt over damage caused to her property by a tenant who also left owing more than $9000 in rent.
Desperate learning support workers are struggling to pay mortgages and put food on their tables after a "harsh" move by the Ministry of Education to cut their wages by 10%.