The Prime Minister's Office has revealed the briefing document handed to a former staffer regarding a climate activist's case against major emitters was also sent by Fonterra to the staffer's private email account.

Thousands of texts about non-existant emergencies have caused confusion among firefighters.

A trial using cameras in billboards has helped spot cars with fraudulent warrants of fitness (WOF) but the Transport Agency is not rolling out more of this surveillance because it can't afford to.

Wellington's deputy mayor has slammed the council's more than $600,000 spend on a website for the capital's new library, labelling it ''an atrocious amount of money''.