A young child living in a damp Kāinga Ora property was admitted to Starship Hospital after a two-year ordeal in which the rental property was eventually deemed unfit for tenancy.

Pope Leo XIV has urged journalists to focus on reporting the truth instead of engaging in partisan debates and called for the release of reporters jailed for doing their jobs.

The Pentagon is halting gender-affirming healthcare for transgender troops as it moves to implement President Donald Trump's plan to kick them out of the US military, according to a memo.

Police unlawfully pepper-sprayed and arrested veteran activist John Minto at a pro-Palestinian protest in Christchurch, the Independent Police Conduct Authority has found.

Health NZ plans to cut its elective surgery waitlist by outsourcing thousands of simple cases to private hospitals, while asking public hospital doctors to work longer hours on the more complex cases.

Pornography allegedly found on the work computer of former deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming is being investigated as objectionable material, RNZ understands.