Two-thirds of New Zealand workers surveyed from small and medium sized companies said they want more work-life flexibility, so how should bosses respond?

BNZ should not be selling millions of dollars worth of art that was initially purchased when the bank was state-owned, says former prime minister Helen Clark.

A cyclist has died after a crash in the Auckland suburb of Flat Bush, with an off-duty police officer involved in the incident being stood down from duty while an investigation is carried out.

One thousand, one hundred and forty-two days ago Brenda O'Shea had to make the toughest decision any parent could face - turning off the machines keeping her daughter alive.

A delegation is headed to London to retrieve significant Māori carvings that have been there since the 19th century, in exchange for new ones.

Firefighters put out a suspicious house fire in Christchurch this afternoon.

A mayoral candidate has been released from prison after serving a sentence he evaded for years.

An Auckland liquor store has been ram-raided for the third time this year, and its owner says adults are teaching children to steal.

Police say a person has died following an incident at a home in Hamilton, following a bleak week for the region when five people died on Waikato roads.

The dismantling of the former Marsden Point oil refinery is on track to finish by the middle of next year.

A councillor who took his own council to the Supreme Court over a stoush that started with a $12 parking ticket has had his application to appeal dismissed.

A brawl almost broke out in the courtroom today after the sentencing of a Hells Angels gang prospect who carried out a prolonged and vicious assault resulting in the death of a mother of two.

Three people have died in a crash involving two vehicles on SH29 near Matamata this evening.

Lanes have been blocked after a bus crashed into a barrier on Newton Road in central Auckland.

A Whanganui moggy has used up one of its nine lives and gotten a new nickname after being rescued from a Phoenix palm in Gonville where it was stuck for more than two weeks.

The family of two mothers killed in a fatal Waihola crash say they are glad the remorseless teenage driver is being named today but remain disappointed with his sentence.

Sex workers say discrimination still "makes it hell" to get a mortgage, a bank account or simply open a business.

A scathing report by Treasury into Oranga Tamariki's finances has described "loose fiscal controls" within the agency and a "weak organisational strategy and direction".