The Department of Internal Affairs has apologised to a mother after it admitted failing to uphold the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi in dealing with her.

Stephen Versalko duped ASB Bank customers into parting with $18mby writing dodgy statements that didn't even carry the bank's logo.

Mobile phone users are being warned about a scam that tells people they have won thousands and fish for bank details via text message.

The target had no idea what was about to burst in on him. He was on his computer, which held thousands of child sex files.

Desperate job-seeking Asians are taking on Anglicised first names and ditching their traditional surnames in an effort to find work in NZ.

A music video depicting the stalking and killing of a woman has been removed from YouTube by its record label.

The Auditor-General's report effectively gives MPs licence to use their expenses allowance to splash out on wine for their mates at any party meeting.

The Government confirms its restructuring of a number of agencies over the next three years will see 55 jobs lost.

Up to six Government departments face investigation in the hunt for the sources of leaked Cabinet papers.

The Government intends to give control of transport in the Super City to a largely unelected board.

Flavio Briatore has been let off a lifetime ban from Formula One by a French court.

A truck driver was sentenced in Dunedin District Court today on 22 charges.

The break away from the traditional has shed light on some parents' interesting choices of names for their children.