A funding boost to help thousands of cancer patients who travel long distances for treatment has been applauded by the Cancer Society, but it is questioning if it's enough to make a difference.
Gisborne’s rainbow crossing has been restored after Destiny Church members defaced it in protest of a drag queen story reading event at the city’s library.
In a move Labour says is a "massive vote of no confidence" in the Disability Issues Minister, further decisions about disability changes will need to go to Cabinet.
Another summer of record-breaking temperatures has led to environmental scientists referring to the state of New Zealand’s glaciers as "smashed and shattered".
Former staff and parents are disappointed with the penalty for a Feilding early childhood teacher who locked children in rooms, smacked them and fed them out-of-date food.
A lawyer allegedly bullied his own mother, who had dementia, into giving him power of attorney before later transferring $190,000 from her estate two days after she died.
The Government isn’t looking to introduce sanctions against China after New Zealand’s spy agency, the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), has tied a state-sponsored actor linked...
An Interislander passenger has won compensation over a ferry breakdown last year, with the Disputes Tribunal finding the service was "not fit for purpose."
A Feilding teacher has been censured and struck off after being found guilty of locking children in rooms, smacking them and feeding them out-of-date food.
A digital billboard poking fun at NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi has appeared near an intersection in New Plymouth where its contractors have recently finished work.
Families will be able to receive up to $75 a week in early childhood education tax credits from October this year - part of National’s election campaign promise to ease the cost of living.