Stories by Sarah Robson

Oranga Tamariki got it wrong when it decided not to investigate nine out of 14 reports of possible abuse or neglect.

Oranga Tamariki is failing to tell most children about the outcome of any investigations into allegations of abuse or neglect.

There have been 40 instances where Oranga Tamariki staff have physically harmed children in their care in the last two-and-a-half years.

The Defence Force wants charges laid by WorkSafe over the death of an SAS soldier two years ago dismissed.

More women are working in temporary, fixed-term or casual jobs, leaving them more vulnerable to a sudden loss of income.

Palmer Edward Marsters admitted murdering Chontel Wiki-O'Brien, 23, in November last year.

The two men jailed over the Red Fox Tavern shooting and robbery more than 30 years ago are appealing their convictions and sentences.

There is relief in Whakatāne that the town's biggest employer has been thrown a lifeline - and the community isn't facing yet another economic hit.

The person who recorded the row between outgoing National MP Nick Smith and a staffer no longer works at Parliament.

Most of the defendants accused of health and safety breaches in the lead-up to the deadly Whakaari eruption are not yet in a position to enter pleas, a court has been told.

The 13 parties charged by Worksafe in the aftermath of the deadly Whakaari/White Island eruption are due back in court today.

The government is pushing ahead with designing a social unemployment insurance scheme with Business New Zealand and the Council of Trade Unions.

No one has ever had their benefit cut for failing to have their children in school or enrolled with a doctor despite requirements for parents to meet so-called social obligations.

The $3.3b boost to benefits and student support was the centrepiece of the Budget, but there's already a question mark over whether it's enough. Audio

Benefits will be boosted by up to $55 a week, potentially lifting tens of thousands more children out of poverty.

Whānau in transitional housing at Auckland's Te Puea Marae say the government needs to build more affordable homes faster.

Solo mothers on the benefit say they need more help in this week's Budget, as they continue to struggle from week to week.

One in five children are living in households where food can run out, and one in three are living in unaffordable housing, according to the latest child poverty indicators report.

The amount of money the Ministry of Social Development has paid out to help people on benefits or low incomes with car repairs has tripled in the last six years.

The government has spent more than $6 million bringing home New Zealanders who were stranded overseas at the start of the pandemic.

Chris Bush's family have been patient as they waited 33 years for the men responsible for his murder to be held to account, Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Hayward says.

More than 30 years after publican Chris Bush was gunned down at the Red Fox Tavern in Maramarua, two men found guilty of his murder have been sentenced today.

Two men convicted of murder and aggravated robbery over the Red Fox Tavern shooting more than 30 years ago have been jailed for life.

A group of Queen Street landlords and businesses has lost its bid to stop further temporary work to make Auckland's main commercial street more pedestrian-friendly.

Former Conservative Party leader Colin Craig has lost his bid to overturn a court finding that he sexually harassed his press secretary.