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A senior public servant was replaced as acting chief executive of a government organisation following revelations she used cocaine once "a number of years" prior to starting in the public service.

An expert is calling for a ban on padded sleeping pods for infants as a coroner finds a baby's death was partly due to one.

St Bede's College is commissioning an independent investigation into whether the school had "appropriate systems in place for identifying and addressing abuse".

RNZ understands Nicola Willis will set out three proposals to create efficiencies in the public service.