Stories by Matthew Theunissen

Eight new syndicatates have indicated they intend challenging for the America's Cup but only one can be accepted immediately.

An idyllic seaside park in Northcote Point is one of the sites put forward as somewhere people can sleep in their cars for up to two nights every month. Audio

The rules around advertising junk food to children are not working, says an Auckland coalition advocating for better nutrition.

A man has been charged with murder after a shooting which has shocked a south Auckland suburb.

A court has been told that a $10 million loan failed construction firm Mainzeal gave to associated companies generated hundreds of millions in wealth.

A prison reform group wants to have a public debate on prisoners' right to vote, after the Supreme Court ruled it is a right of all New Zealanders.

A bird that is supposedly extinct has reportedly been spotted in Golden Bay near the top of the South Island.

Opponents of a massive housing development set to be built alongside historically significant land in Auckland say they will do whatever it takes to stop it going ahead.

New Zealand and Australia have the highest rates of melanoma in the world, but new research suggests things are getting better thanks to the sun-smarts of younger generations.

Waiwera Thermal Resort has received expressions of interest for new management, its owner says.

A survivor of one of the country's worst child sex offenders hopes all of the young people who were abused can heal.

Auckland Council's development arm has fallen way behind with its financial targets, continuing a trend of significant under-spending.

The prime minister is standing by her decision to allow MP Meka Whaitiri to remain in Parliament after a report into her altercation with a press secretary was released yesterday.

A planned workers' camp for staff who will build the new Waikeria Prison has been labelled "a prison to build a prison".

Auckland Transport appears to have turned around a problem with its new North Shore bus services which, on Monday, saw a bus traffic jam causing chaos at the Constellation Drive station.

A $56,000 payout to a prison guard left traumatised by an inmate's attack is being hailed as a 'landmark' decision.

The Children's Commissioner wants to phase out youth justice residences and instead place high-risk young people into community group homes. Audio

Auckland Transport is looking at cutting the speed limit to 30km/h on all central city roads to reduce the alarming rise in deaths and injuries.

More than 7000 new houses will be built in Auckland's north-west thanks to a $339 million interest free government loan to Auckland Council.

It is impossible to say whether Mainzeal's collapse would have been less disastrous if it had occurred earlier, says the lawyer for directors of the failed construction firm.

Dame Jenny Shipley was among directors of a failed construction company who should have known it wouldn't be able to recoup $33 million in loans, a court has been told.

Tim Lovegrove could give Morning Report's birds a run for their money after a lifetime speaking to many of our native species. Video

A bid by Japan to end an international whaling ban has failed.

Auckland ratepayers are potentially missing out on tens of millions of dollars by keeping golf courses in public hands but freeing up some of that land doesn't sit well for everyone.

Pensioners sit in cold houses wrapped in sleeping bags for fear of a big power bill, a budgeting services trust says, as a new report reveals energy hardship in NZ. Video