Disgraced former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming instructed staff to make changes to the firearms vetting process, after an acquaintance complained they might lose their licence.
Dame Jacinda Ardern has called the war in Gaza a "genocide", joining a growing chorus of international experts, world leaders and organisations saying Israel's actions meet the definition under international law.
KiwiSaver is becoming less of a retirement fund, and more of a "life saver" for cancer patients forced to use it to pay for treatments not funded or available here.
Commuters stranded for more than three hours on a Wellington train were forced to improvise when nature called - using "travel johns", or disposable toilet bags, handed out by staff.
A police staffer was involved in fraud offending against a "large retail chain" before and after they started working for the police, an investigation found.
A former top cop has joined a number of Kiwi blood cancer patients seeking cutting edge therapy overseas, as wait times grow for standard stem cell treatment in New Zealand.
Former Labour minister-now-New Zealand First admirer Stuart Nash has been dumped from a government trip to the United States this week due to concerns his recent remarks about women would be "a distraction".