A Napier man who got his insurance premiums reduced after challenging a council flooding hazard map is calling for greater transparency about where insurers get their information from.
The research group that worked on a controversial "science city" proposal which provoked the MetService to push for an independent review of the weather forecasting sector ended up running that too.
Christopher Luxon acknowledges he "could have expressed myself better" in his first year as PM, as he calls voters "customers" in an interview with RNZ.
Nurses with special authorisation for assessing and detaining mental health patients have quit over safety fears. They are worried about a police pullback on mental health callouts and changes to hospital procedures.
NZ Post could eventually stop delivering mail to individual letterboxes and instead require clusters of boxes under proposed changes - and the Postal Workers Union isn't happy.
Massey University will stop funding its Students' Association from next year - a move the student body says will set an alarming precedent for the future of independent student unionism in NZ.