National

Sixteen percent of last year's school-leavers had no qualifications, the highest figure in a decade.

The woman says she's had payments cancelled because she didn't respond to digital messages she could not see.

A neurodivergent adult student has abandoned his degree after being accused of cheating by the University of Canterbury.

A reclusive Christchurch man who was his mother's sole caregiver killed her in bed with a sword, a coroner has found.

The death of a two-month-old baby who died after being given medication more than 13 times the prescribed dose is a "symptom of a much deeper, systemic issue," a member of the national executive of the Pharmaceutical Society says.

The govt is forging ahead with plans to change the law governing NZ's foreshore and seabed, despite a Supreme Court ruling appearing to undercut the rationale for the change.