Criminal charges have been laid against an unemployed man who travelled the world for two years courtesy of the taxpayer. Peter Freedom left for Australia in 2009 but his benefit payments were not stopped until last January.

Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has ordered an investigation into at least 50 households...

A former iwi social services boss has been found guilty on fraud charges totalling about $147,500.

New technology will save the world, according to the Bitcoin believers.

Police and the Serious Fraud Office have announced they are looking into allegations of employee fraud at the Hibernian Catholic Benefit Society.

Childcare managers made false claims about where they worked that helped the country's largest daycare company boost its taxpayer funding to $60 million, documents show.

The Companies Office has ordered a review of the asset freeze of Timaru businessman Allan Hubbard, who says he is now so broke he can't even afford a funeral.

Beleaguered Bridgecorp investors could soon get their first distribution from the failed property lender's receivers, nearly four years after the company collapsed.