Auckland Mayor John Banks calls the city's new local government structure "an inspired piece of work".

DHB chiefs are bracing themselves to make deep cuts to their services next year after receiving Government indications their funding will slip.

Export earnings from New Zealand's petroleum sector could increase tenfold by 2025, says Gerry Brownlee.

Some ratepayers have begun paying for the 2011 Rugby World Cup but a ratepayers group says the tourism and hospitality industry should pick up the tab.

Organisers of past referenda ignored by governments have lent their weight to Saturday's march over the anti-smacking referendum.

Once described as a 'Great Clunking Fist,' Brown now inspires sympathy.