The Auditor-General wants the Ministry of Social Development to step up its efforts to claim back cash from businesses that wrongly received wage subsidies.

Proposed changes affecting supernannuation eligibility will take effect too quickly and are unfair, especially for women, the Retirement Commissioner says.

Documents have revealed closed-doors discussions on demolishing Masterton's earthquake-prone civic centre and constructing a multi-purpose building on public-owned land occupied by the War Memorial Stadium.

In a partial backdown, the government has softened its public sector pay freeze, agreeing to review the directive next year and leave cost-of-living increases on the table.

Two police officers, one of whom was off duty, were at scene of the stabbing at a Dunedin supermarket and were among those who stepped in, police say.

A test run of a mass Covid-19 vaccination event run is being planned for next month, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has told Nine to Noon.

An initial investigation has detected no toxic compounds in soil near a Mount Maunganui marae after PFAS was detected in an industrial area last month.

The owner of a US lab that tested sunscreen products sold in New Zealand has pleaded guilty to falsifying results and admitted to defrauding customers.

A boy of 14 sent to a bootcamp in Te Urewera in 1995 has told the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care he was violently assaulted by other boys and staff members.

A seventh person has been charged in relation to a shooting at the Sofitel Hotel in Auckland last month.

A father of a Wellington club rugby player was attacked and players subjected to "repeated vile racial slurs" by another club's supporters, according to a club chairman.

A Department of Corrections staff member was among those injured in the Dunedin supermarket stabbing.

No new cases of Covid-19 have been found in MIQ or the community, the Ministry of Health says.

The IPCA report noted the young person spent two days in hospital after being bitten on his leg by the dog, and he may need skin grafts in the future.

It's been a warm start to the week with some some areas reaching almost 30 degrees on Monday, but come Wednesday, that's likely to have all changed.

A man who suffered extreme physical and psychological violence while staying at a Social Welfare-approved camp on Great Barrier Island in 1998 is now unable to work due to post traumatic stress.

A 42-year-old man has been charged following yesterday's stabbing at a Countdown in central Dunedin.

Today is Tax Freedom Day - a hypothetical day when New Zealanders have paid their full annual tax bill and get to keep every dollar for themselves for the rest of the year