Where you'll live, what sort of house you'll have and how much it'll cost will be influenced by reforms that promise more affordable housing.

Govt ministers co-sign the first of three treaty deals today, settling claims to Tamaki Makaurau. The deal transfers Crown ownership of 11 volcanic cones to Maori.

Guards linked to Blackwater given seven days to leave after US court rejects charges.

Report shows living standards have changed little.

Two Auckland iwi could become landlords of Paremoremo and Mt Eden Prisons under Treaty deals which will be signed today.

Workers shut down schools, grounded flights and walked out of hospitals yesterday to protest against austerity measures brought on by the nation's staggering debt.

Labour and Maori Party strongholds will be hit if prisoners are stopped from voting, a prison reform group says.

John Key has defended a proposed rise in GST after a Herald video revealed he had ruled it out in 2008.