Finance Minister Nicola Willis has promised to be "frank and candid" in her White House meetings overnight.

A member's Bill could stop public funding to gangs and organisations with gang ties.

Optimism grew today that the war in the Middle East may be near an end.

A man who was jailed for trying to snatch a toddler with intent to sexually abuse her, went to a playground just two days after his release, in breach of his conditions.

Cabinet minister Shane Jones is putting pressure on fuel companies to share more information about their shipments, warning that the government could force them to do so via regulation if necessary.