A member's bill seeking to criminalise non-consensual, sexually explicit deepfakes has passed its first reading at Parliament.

Winston Peters' MFAT has again been exempt from funding cuts in this year's Budget, with the Finance Minister confirming the ministry wouldn't be made to find savings until after the election.

The Bill seeking to define the term "woman" in law is being debated in Parliament.

​​​​​​​Five more prison staff have been arrested after a police investigation, bringing the total number of arrests to 14.

One of the two people who could be responsible for killing baby Soul Turany has a history of troubled relationships and was served with a protection order, it can now be revealed.

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.