As construction sites missing plasterboard freeze, industry leaders say building businesses will fail.

As Chris Hipkins apologises to Charlotte Bellis for comments about her MIQ application, it can be revealed the government dropped a similar case days before a scheduled court hearing.

Health New Zealand has made its first permanent appointment today. Dr Nick Chamberlain will be the national director of the new national public health service.

Some employers are throwing open days to attract staff, while others are offering incentives and going the extra mile to keep the kaimahi they've already got.

Prefabricated wooden buildings are being considered as a temporary replacement for the quake prone Hutt Hospital.

While there are inhalers that work well on immediate symptoms, preventive medicines are key for long-term asthma control. One potential solution lies in digital technologies.

Three students have been expelled from an Otago high school after assaulting another student in a school bathroom.

Covid-19 Response Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall says the virus is expected to continue to evolve, which is why the Ministry of Health has been asked to plan for how that may happen.

The UN committee against torture has urged the government to compensate a former patient of the Lake Alice psychiatric hospital and criticised a failure to charge anyone over allegations of ill-treating children until last year.

Eighteen people with Covid-19 have died and there are 5499 new community cases of the virus, according to latest Ministry of Health figures.

Police have released images of 15 people they want to identify as part of their investigation into the riot at Parliament Grounds in early March.

Medical students are speaking out about cut corners and power imbalances in hospital placements.

Two people are due to appear in court tomorrow charged with the murder of 51-year-old Tauranga man Mitchell Te Kani.

Three people have been arrested in Wairoa after police seized guns, cash, and drugs.

Waitematā police have recovered stolen property and arrested a man in West Auckland today.

Almost 50,000 people are waiting for their new passports to arrive as processing delays reach more than a month.

Forty years ago this week on a flight from London to Auckland the unthinkable happened.

Footage of a brutal attack at Otago Boys' High School has spread rapidly around Dunedin and been labelled "incredibly upsetting" by outraged parents.