Labour has asked the Auditor-General to investigate a government decision to slash tax on heated tobacco products, claiming there are signs of "industry influence".
The government wants to toughen its new version of the 'three strikes' law - which was repealed by the previous government - in order to capture more offenders, following select committee submissions.
Controversial former Green MP Darleen Tana has officially been ejected from Parliament. Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick described it as a "sad situation... that did not have to go this way".
Popular virtual game Roblox is a hunting ground for sex offenders looking to exploit young New Zealand-based victims, according to an online safety group.
The High Court has been told that there may have been a sexual element to the attack on a Christchurch real estate agent, whose body was found just over a year after she went missing
An Antarctic penguin that turned up in Wellington is not carrying the deadly bird flu virus. Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) confirmed Monday that the Adélie penguin found on Petone Beach...
The Christchurch terror attack was foreseeable and successive governments failed to close the loophole that allowed the gunman access to military-style firearms, the inquest into the shootings has heard.