Politics

In an open letter to the government, they said a third of the free budgeting services are losing funding, putting more pressure on poor communities.

A judge has released the reasons why the former Green MP was handed a shoplifting conviction.

Defence Force staff running a programme for jobless young adults struggled to deal with violent and at-risk youth. Audio

A Canterbury work safety group is shutting down, saying money out of government agencies has dried up.

Defence Minister Judith Collins is heading to Tonga for three days for the opening of an Armed Forces Leadership centre.

The AA says it will be watching closely to make sure fuel companies pass on savings to customers once they are no longer collecting the Auckland regional fuel tax.

This time last year, prescription fees were being removed and the fuel tax was ending. But are we better or worse off now?

Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith called it the final chapter in a century-long dispute between the Crown, settlers and Wairarapa Māori.

The president says support on the streets has strengthened his government after a failed military coup just days ago.

Journalists, scholars, defence personnel, public servants and mayors are all on the list.

EU leaders have nominated current European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen for a second five-year term in the bloc's top job at a summit in Brussels.

Analysis - The government solves its cancer drugs problem by delivering twice as much as it promised, Peter Wilson writes.

A group representing migrant workers has described changes to visa rules as "heart-wrenching" and "insensitive".