An Auckland man has been jailed for emailing more than 42,000 files that involved the sexual abuse and exploitation of children.

A doctor wanted on a sex charge in the United States has won a reprieve in his fight to keep his New Zealand citizenship after a bungled attempt to revoke it by the Department of Internal Affairs.

Foreign affairs officials say they have not heard from Nauru about the help Wellington gave Roland Kun which allowed him to flee the troubled state.

Children's passport renewals go online.

The 400 to 500-strong community has a tax-exempt charity operating as the Christian Church Community Trust.

New Zealanders are spending more again on the pokies but spending per person is static, despite better economic times.

The Department of Internal Affairs says demand for passports is more than 60 per cent higher than normal for December

Hidden homelessness campaigners are scratching out messages of housing desperation the old-school way.

Prince Harry's nine days in New Zealand cost Kiwi taxpayers $426,317 - more than three times what it cost Australians.

A former West Auckland principal who pleaded guilty to possessing objectionable material can be named for the first time.

An illegal immigrant who paid a NZ couple $8000 for their identities to get false passports has been deported.

Internal Affairs are investigating the legality of children's amusement machines which experts say are grooming young people to play the pokies.

In the decision, Smith was described as a “manipulative, serious criminal with a high risk of reoffending”.

The Government plans to increase the application fee when it extends the passport validity, even though there seems no grounds for doing so.

The return to 10-year passports could come about in around six months' time, according to the Prime Minister.

New Zealanders are set to enjoy 10-year passports once again - but at a price.

The father of Lydia Ko says he is planning to take legal action against Auckland Korean Society members who he claims have severely damaged Ko's image.

Police were called to Auckland Korean Society after meeting on secret donations to golfing superstar Lydia Ko’s family turned nasty.

The Corrections Department has given the names of 10,000 offenders to border officials in a bid to prevent another escape in the wake of the Phillip Smith case.

The woman accused of helping Phillip John Smith escape custody can now be revealed as his sister.

Pip Smit of the Bay of Plenty's Beachrentals.net.nz was unhappy to discover his Trade Me advertisement to rent a Beach property had been copied and put on to another website.

The stepfather of murderer and paedophile Phillip John Smith believes a woman accused of helping him flee authorities was conned.

A woman has been charged with assisting murderer and paedophile Philip John Smith to flee the country last year.

A stalwart of the racing industry among those facing claims of a $30 million pokie fraud has spoken of the sport being starved of cash.

A former chairman of Harness Racing NZ and three others have been charged over an alleged $30m pokie fraud, in the biggest case ever of its kind outside of a casino.

Cases such as Phillip Smith's flight from New Zealand on an allegedly unlawfully obtained passport are not behind a review of how public records are accessed, officials say.

The Department of Internal Affairs is reviewing the way people access Births, Deaths and Marriages records.

Police are hunting two men after busting what they believe was an illegal gambling den in one of Auckland's swankiest suburbs.

Charlotte and Oliver continue to top the most popular names for newborns last year in a list dominated by traditional names.