The Maori King has sacked a top Tainui figure over a critical report she wrote about the tribe's finances.

Ex-Papakura District Council chief Theresa Stratton has started work in Len Brown's office weeks after receiving a $209,730 redundancy payment.

Mayor calls for probe after paper reports board appointments.

Water is one thing NZ has plenty of. So why don't we manage it better - for the economy and the environment? Nick Smith* reports.

Some central Auckland patients could be treated at North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals under a spirit of collaboration, the man now responsible for nearly one million Aucklanders' health has indicated.

Pair face hundreds of charges over roading work paid for but allegedly never done.

Businesses are better off finding their own way, rather than simply copying others, say academics.

A successful shareholders campaign has pushed former Hanover Finance chair Greg Muir from the board of listed clothing retailer Pumpkin Patch.

Forget Hanover - what matters is chairman's performance now.

Women are losing some of the gains they have made towards workplace equality, the Human Rights Commission says.

Adam Feeley's efforts to rev up the SFO.

The Ministry of Education is contacting the trustees of every primary and intermediate school to ask about their stance on National Standards.

Two education researchers are supporting a boycott of the Government's mandatory national standards by 225 primary school boards.