National

Peeni Henare didn't put his name forward to be Labour's candidate in the Tāmaki Makaurau seat before the deadline for nominations passed.

A man found dead after a shooting in Waitārere Beach last month was actually stabbed, police say.

A major insurer that put a halt to new home insurance policies in Westport has also stopped issuing them in a second town, in North Canterbury.

A hearing to consider MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi's expulsion from Te Pāti Māori has begun.

Tauranga City Council has voted to commission an independent external review into the fatal Mount Maunganui landslide.

Principals fear many of the 15,000 students who failed to reach the critical NCEA reading, writing and maths benchmark last year will give up on school or future study.

Summer has been a season of extremes, with record-breaking temperatures and heat warnings being swept away by the devastating storms.

New rules allowing GPs and nurse practitioners to prescribe drugs to treat ADHD increase the risk of over-diagnosis, over-prescribing, addiction, psychosis and other harms, some clinicians are warning.