A Christchurch arms and hunting business appears to be sticking to its guns, defying an Advertising Standards Authority demand to remove a misleading billboard.
The government has announced a two-week pet bond and obligations for tenants to pay for damage their animals cause in a bid to make renting with an animal easier.
The first two years of the Covid pandemic undid earlier success in increasing life expectancy, except for in a handful of countries - Aotearoa New Zealand among them.
A man charged with vandalising a Rainbow crossing on Auckland's Karangahape Road has pleaded guilty and has been ordered to pay about $16,000 in reparations.
Two school classrooms were extensively contaminated with the most dangerous type of asbestos after the wall linings were taken off without any testing.
Funding for support services designed to help people out of emergency housing is due to expire in two months - and the government will not commit to extending it.
Economists have come down on the side of pouring more money into fixing Christ Church Cathedral - and suggest the government should help close the massive funding gap.
A swathe of government reform puts councils at risk of either wasting time and money on a new district plan, or face legal issues, writes Jonathan Leask.
A key rail connection being severed by a washed away pier is "another warning shot" investment is needed in South Island infrastructure, Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown says.