Some principals fear new literacy and numeracy tests needed to pass NCEA will mean a backlog of students having to repeat years at school and some dropping out altogether.
The jury in the trial of a former political figure accused of sexually abusing two teenage boys in the 1990s has now heard the defendant's side of the story.
The health minister has sought advice to address the recreational use of nitrous oxide after it was reported vape shops were selling industrial-sized canisters of the drug.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the government will remove well-being provisions from the Local Government Act - but mayors say well-being is important for their communities.
Warning: strong language. Female politicians fear a normalised "toxic environment" of gendered abuse is stopping women from wanting a seat at the decision-making table.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told the Local Government New Zealand conference today that local councils need to "rein in the fantasies" on spending.
A man who inflicted serious and sustained violence on a “wholly and utterly defenceless” toddler over three months says he has “no real explanation” for why he did it.
The new Ministry of Regulation is paying its staff an average salary of more than $150,000 and will eventually employ more than 90 people, new figures reveal.
One missed appointment is all it took for one former public servant to completely lose his benefit, taking weeks to be reinstated after he contacted WINZ.
Otago University law professor Andrew Geddis says former Green MP Darleen Tana is "grasping at straws" arguing they are not disrupting Parliament's proportionality by staying on as an independent.