Workplace sexual harassment was normal at Gloriavale, where leaders would grab girls' bottoms, unzip their dresses or ping their bra straps in the kitchen, a former member says.

Thousands of New Zealand residents are waiting up to 18 months to get citizenship, while others take a quarter of that time.

Mayoral candidate Ben Sandford claims recently-released prisoners with "no ties" to Rotorua are being placed in the city's emergency housing motels.

A lightweight plastic mountain hut that can withstand extreme conditions and be helicoptered to remote locations could be the future of back country accommodation and beyond.

Wellington in-home care worker Sharon Callaghan says she has seen and heard enough from workers in the for-profit care sector that she wouldn't want to work there.

Following the death of a 20-year-old man due to a suspected drug overdose, police are urging people to take extreme care when using illicit drugs or substances.

A group of Cantabrians are taking their local council to court after it allowed a development to go ahead on prime farmland.

A man who used fake documents to pose as a doctor in South Auckland was caught after a colleague recognised him as a former fake student at the University of Auckland.

Northland businesses are angry after details revealing what triggered an 11-day lockdown there show Covid-19 positive visitors to the region had the correct documents.

The Human Rights Commission is calling for people to exercise better etiquette when interacting with others online.

After two decades in jail, a man who sexually offended against five girls and then killed his teenage partner is approaching release without support or anywhere to live.

A woman swindled by a recidivist conman said she was disgusted the man preyed on vulnerable single women who were often mothers.

Glenorchy is a small, idyllic settlement just down the road from a place called Paradise. But its residents face an uncertain future after a study detailed significant natural hazards.

An Auckland ward councillor is alleging there is overseas interference from China behind an effort to smear his reputation and keep him out of local government.

RNZ has announced that Karyn Hay will replace Bryan Crump on RNZ National's weeknights show.

Covid-19 cases and hospitalisations are at the lowest levels since February, but Ministry of Health Deputy Director-General Dr Andrew Old warns the virus is still around.

Police seized guns and arrested two men in a crackdown on a gang operating in Auckland's affluent suburb of Remuera.

The body found in a burnt out vehicle at Havelock North's River Road Recreational Reserve was that of a woman, police say.