Stories by Rayssa Almeida

The government says it has no plans to amend the legislation that prohibits migrants from working in the sex industry, despite recommendations made by the United Nations.

"We focus 100 percent on the conflict," says a New Zealander working for the United Nations in Gaza, where more aid is desperately needed.

A kākāpō that made an elaborate escape from Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari has been returned.

Defeated Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta says she hopes the gains for Māori over the last two Labour terms will not be wound back.

A lack of voting information and accessibility is stopping people living on the streets from exercising their democratic rights. Audio

Auckland Council has rubber-stamped the plan to pay out the owners of hundreds of flood-damaged houses.

Witnesses to a stabbing at an Auckland dairy say they will never forget the shocking scenes of a couple being attacked in their own shop.

October has only just started and stores across the country are already transforming into winter wonderlands, gearing up for the Christmas season.

The city needs to urgently address old infrastructure if it wants to avoid further water contamination, an environmental ecologist says.

Auckland Zoo's Zayana and Ramah have shown they are reconnecting well and there are signs that both are still keen to mate.

Building a more resilient power grid is complex and may take a lot of time and money, Transpower says.

Three New Zealanders on board a yacht are seriously injured after being hit by a broken mast off the coast of Fiji, with one now receiving medical attention on a cruise ship.

有业内人士表示，政策的频繁变动降低了新西兰政府的公信力，相关政策早应出台；而大赦政策或传递了错误信号。

Immigration laws in New Zealand are loose and need to be more consistent, says an immigration adviser association.

The Board of Airline Representatives says delays are unacceptable and airlines are frustrated, but Auckland Airport says they are part of the problem.

Thousands of senior hospital doctors and dentists have walked off the job today for the third time over stalled pay talks.

Politicians have been put in the hot seat by young people who experienced first-hand what it is like to be under the care of the state.

Three climate protesters have been arrested after the shop window of a car dealer in Wellington was vandalised.

The insurance watchdog says problems with car insurance are the number one complaint received in the past year.

WorkSafe says the two booking agents accused of health and safety failings in the Whaakari trial failed to do the bare minimum to inform customers about the risks of visiting the volcanic island.

A Sumatran tiger at the Auckland Zoo has killed one of its cubs just after giving birth.

Drug-buying agency Pharmac is not moving fast enough, says a gut cancer patient paying more than $10,000 a month to keep her treatment going.

A New Zealand man with a long list of criminal charges is set to be deported from Australia, and says he fears for his life if sent back home.

The officer should have used a less forceful tactic when a woman bit his arm following an arrest, the watchdog has ruled.

A collective of patient advocate organisations have joined together to push for better access to breakthrough medicines.