Stories by Kate Green

The man behind a far-right media platform who claimed he was wrongfully arrested outside court during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic has had a court case against the police dismissed.

The proposed further reduction of 24 jobs will affect staff working on road safety campaigns.

A law firm that works with survivors of abuse in state care says job cuts will further slow down the release of victims' records.

Someone will have to front the cost of land-use changes necessary to protect the environment, the government's top environmental advisor warns.

It isn't meets obligations to find alternative roles for staff it is making redundant, the Public Service Association says.

But a recruitment firm is attributing a huge increase in applications to public sector job cuts.

A local resident saw the blaze from his bedroom window and says the flames kept "getting bigger and bigger".

The former head of a Mt Ruapehu ski field which went into receivership disagrees with concerns for its future commercial viability.

While the method wasn't watertight in court, Wellington's regional council says it still plans to use it to identify potential wetlands around the region.

The Transport Ministry has questioned whether KiwiRail is capable of continuing to run the service.

Up to 10,000 more hungry children under five will become eligible for free lunches under the government's revised lunches in schools programme.

None of the groups that spoke to Parliament's environment committee on Thursday supported the bill as it stands.

The watchdog says the crash was caused by driver CJ-Lee Taingahue, who was under the influence of alcohol and drugs, drove dangerously and lost control.

The bill was introduced by the previous government in June last year. Audio

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says the role of ministers as decision-makers should be scrapped.

At least two businesses invited to apply for the new consents process have donated to National. Audio

Myanmar community members applied to the courts to bar the diplomat from attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Research into people's experiences in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle has shown the importance of communication and community.

A letter from Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop shows some project owners had been "invited to" submit to the fast-tracking process.

There is consensus among advocates on which projects are most likely to try their hand at a path of lesser resistance.

it is second company in less than a week which the Infrastructure Minister has accused of being "misleading".

"DOC won't have the capacity to deliver on species conservation programmes," an academic says. Audio

Finance Minister Nicola Willis says she has sought advice to make sure the public service is not "top heavy" amid job cuts.

The proposed cut amounts to about 13 percent of Niwa's workforce, the PSA says.

Chris Bishop has accused Trans-Tasman Resources of "being misleading" by calling a generic letter sent to 200 organisations a "formal invite".