Police today remain at the scene where a teenage boy died after a "violent disorder" incident in Napier at the weekend.

A young child living in a damp Kāinga Ora property was admitted to Starship Hospital after a two-year ordeal in which the rental property was eventually deemed unfit for tenancy.

Health NZ plans to cut its elective surgery waitlist by outsourcing thousands of simple cases to private hospitals, while asking public hospital doctors to work longer hours on the more complex cases.

A Christchurch eye surgeon who attempted to murder his former business landlord has been granted parole and will be released from prison early next month.

Police unlawfully pepper-sprayed and arrested veteran activist John Minto at a pro-Palestinian protest in Christchurch, the Independent Police Conduct Authority has found.

A woman in agony during the extraction of a wisdom tooth was ignored by the dentist as she “thrashed about” in pain.

The teenage boy who died after being stabbed at a Napier party at the weekend has been named as Kaea Karauria.

The Australian Labor politician who sparked the country's social media ban has admitted young people will find a way around it, but argues curbing addiction in young people is more important.