Instead of avoiding homes at risk of flood, house-hunters are snapping them up at a discount, new data shows.

The Ministry of Social Development (MSD)'s boss is defending linking staff performance with cutting emergency housing numbers, saying it's executing the government's policy.

Labour says it will scrap the controversial Disability Support Services Bill if it gets into power at the November election.

Legislation preventing lawsuits against companies for climate-changing emissions under tort law has passed its first reading in Parliament.

A clinical trial involving 50 hospital intensive care units has been funded to test if AI can help doctors save the lives of more patients on life support.

Airborne asbestos has been found in New Zealand testing on children's play sand, in results researchers say they did not want to see.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says his office is working on publicly releasing another lobbying document connected to a transparency saga.

A MainPower employee got an electric shock while repairing network damage caused by copper thieves - a stark sign of the growing danger the thefts are creating in North Canterbury.