MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has officially been reinstated to Te Pāti Māori, following a High Court decision that ruled her suspension and subsequent expulsion was "unlawful".

Christchurch City Council will hold a formal commemoration event this month to remember the victims of the 2019 mosque attacks.

The local government minister cannot guarantee a rates cap will not cause higher costs for tens of thousands of social housing tenants.

The death of an elderly man at a dementia unit following an altercation with another patient was a "tragic outcome that was preceded by a sudden eruption of anger without a known cause or warning", a coroner says.