Police Minister Mark Mitchell says the former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster's claims he knew about allegations being made about Jevon McSkimming "absolute total nonsense".
Te Pāti Māori's leadership is adamant its AGM was a "magnificent day for" the movement, despite issues around the decision to expel an MP and the party presidency remaining unresolved.
Andrew Coster says he briefed both former police minister Chris Hipkins and current Police Minister Mark Mitchell about allegations being made about Jevon McSkimming from a woman he had an affair with.
The highly anticipated opening of Swedish furniture company Ikea in New Zealand comes as a rural community worries about the fire risk from pine plantations.
MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has been reinstated as a member of Te Pāti Māori, following an interim ruling by judge, and will attend the party's AGM this weekend.
A South Korean man who expected to be paid a few thousand dollars for smuggling rare geckos only found in Otago, Southland and Canterbury out of NZ has been jailed.