Illegible handwriting is being blamed for nearly 7000 identity documents found to have incorrect information every year.

A cancer charity has suspended fundraising in New Zealand amid questions over how its money is spent.

An immigration fraudster stripped of his citizenship and barred from New Zealand owes taxpayers more than $150,000.

Labour MP and former Associate Immigration Minister Shane Jones' political career has been saved by an Auditor-General's report that found no evidence of improper motive.

The Government is investigating an overhaul of the way councils collect money for their annual $3.6 billion new infrastructure spend.

Shane Jones has received a draft copy of the auditor-general's report into his decision to grant Chinese billionaire William Yan citizenship - but won't reveal the contents.

Homeowners could have to pay more in Fire Service levies under a proposed shake-up of the way the service is funded.

The public health experts who once led SkyCity's problem gambling programme say the casino doesn't do enough to prove they stop punters becoming addicts.

Conman Loizos Michaels has been sentenced to eight years in prison after he "manipulated his victims for greed''.

The police-organised crime squad that carried out the Kim Dotcom raid has given briefings to a high-powered group charged with protecting New Zealand's "national security".

One of the criminal figures depicted in the Australian TV series Underbelly planned retribution against confidence trickster Loizos Michaels' partner in crime.

Loizos Michaels could talk the shirt off your back and the money from your bank account.

Dozens of false passports have been discovered during security checks ahead of a new online passport renewal system introduced last week.