A disgraced former horse trainer gambled more than $2 million before filing for bankruptcy and collecting almost $10,000 in Government-backed wage subsidies.
Leaked documents reveal hospital services in Canterbury have been ordered to slash more than $13 million in spending in the next two months as part of a nationwide cost-cutting drive.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has removed Melissa Lee from Cabinet and stripped a portfolio from Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds in a surprise reshuffle.
While police are "broadly in favour", the government's proposed anti-gang laws are facing pushback from lawyers, rights groups and former gang members.