Stories by Kate Newton

Flossing could be given the flick by the New Zealand Dental Association (NZDA) after the US government dropped the practice from its own recommendations.

There is still plenty of work to do to address gender bias in the advertising industry, women working in New Zealand agencies say.

New Zealand's Olympic chef de mission says his team has done everything possible to protect athletes from the zika virus while they are at Rio.

A New Zealander living in Istanbul says she is sheltering inside and won't be taking any chances, with an attempted military coup under way in Turkey.

An Auckland DHB is proposing selling a large chunk of its land to the government for housing, but not everyone is on board with the idea.

Mediaworks chief executive Mark Weldon says he still has the confidence of the company's board after an hours-long meeting. Audio

The trial of an Auckland man accused of murdering a woman and her three-year-old daughter has hit an unexpected delay on its first day Audio

Auckland Council has granted an amnesty to owners of unregistered menacing dogs but says it will crack down when the amnesty ends.

A family with a severely autistic daughter are at a loss after learning the home they spent tens of thousands modifying is a leaky building. Video, Audio

An Auckland man who stabbed a woman to death has been found not guilty of her murder by way of insanity.

Transpower and Vector failed to identify an electrical failure that caused power to be cut to 85,000 homes and businesses in Auckland, a report has found.

Kim Dotcom's reference to himself as "evil" was an intentional mistranslation by US prosecutors and the case against him is rotten, says the internet mogul's lawyer.

A court has heard Kim Dotcom's business partners privately expressed fears he would take the money and flee if their business ended up in legal trouble. Audio

Neighbours living near the scene of a fatal rubbish truck crash in Auckland say the truck appears to have missed a sharp corner on the street. Audio

Community leaders are planning a meeting to discuss religious discrimination after Gurpreet Singh was denied entry to the Manurewa Cosmopolitan Club.

Residents of houses that were evacuated on the Kapiti Coast because of flooding are being warned to stay away until they are given the all-clear.

Security experts say they don't believe reassurances that the spy agency discards any material it inadvertently collects from New Zealanders.

Internet businessman Kim Dotcom has asked a court to release more of his money so he can pay for his rent, legal fees and groceries. Audio

Career criminal Arthur Taylor will take his case to end a ban on prisoners voting to the High Court in Auckland today.