The Green Party's bid to oust former MP Darleen Tana from Parliament, under the waka-jumping legislation, is now in the hands of Speaker Gerry Brownlee.
Keeping young New Zealanders in the country - or encouraging them back when they leave - will be vital to help the country balance the books in the future, experts say.
Two leading voices in New Zealand’s Covid-19 pandemic have raised concerns about global and local readiness to deal with a future pandemic, and say we risk falling into "a cycle of panic and neglect".
Young people on the benefit say they're barely surviving as they struggle to find work - while dealing with threat of losing their only source of income.
A teacher who had been sending sexually explicit photos and videos of himself to people he believed to be teenage boys was caught when he unknowingly shared images with an ex-student.
The driver of a 30-tonne truck and trailer unit was looking at her phone for most of the final 16 seconds before she slammed into the back of stationary vehicles, killing another driver.
Two long-standing members of the New Zealand String Quartet have resigned from the ensemble over conflicts of interest associated with their teaching at Victoria University.
The best time to see the rare comet that hasn't been seen for in our skies for 80,000 years is over the next few nights, Stardome astronomer Josh Aoraki says.