Andrew Little said he had been contacted by a senior police officer about Chung’s conduct.

Message that incited violence against the Indian community has since been covered.

In a crucial 45 minute meeting, ministers decided to go beyond official proposals, making it even harder for 180,000 workers to ask for pay equity.

Police can move on rough sleepers or people displaying disorderly behaviour as young as 14-years-old.

More than 300 people packed into a public meeting on Monday night to demand answers over the ongoing Moa Point wastewater disaster.

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Kelston Boys' High School has written to parents saying the bid, from Bangerz Education and Wellbeing Trust (BEWT), was not supported by it.

None of the dozens of extreme weather reports published & broadcast today mention the role of climate change in extreme weather; Luxon gets $8,100 reduction in Waiheke home rates bill

The Government's 17 Roads of National Significance will cost it at least $44 billion – enough to rebuild Dunedin Hospital 23 times over. Marc Daalder reports.

The mayor says the district was hit by "severe storms" and a red warning should have been issued.

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Dame Anne Salmond laments the falling standards of our political leaders, their attack dogs and policy sources while New Zealanders endure such hard times

A southern mayor says a near-doubling of water rates in Waitaki was "predictable", but central government should shoulder much of the blame for...

“I still have James’s letter. It became my conscience. It reminded me not to walk away from something I should be fixing. He asked me to come back, and I didn’t.” — Professor Welby Ings remembers a se...

"Our members see this move as an act of white supremacy. It's an act of racism," says Te Akatea, the Māori Principals' Association.

The sexually explicit comments were made in an Auckland Council committee meeting.

Seymour “referred to himself as an ‘Indigenous New Zealander’ . . . He was employing a tactic we’ve seen domestically many times: invoking his ancestry to deflect criticism of his racist behaviour.”  ...

Ray Chung's email detailed 'tempestuous' fling Mayor Tory Whanau categorically denies.