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For several years NCEA results were improving - then it all started to unravel.
Tory Whanau on whether she will run for a second term
Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau tells Newstalk ZB host Nick Mills she needs to talk to her friends and family about running again.
'We're surrounded by everything that's bad for us': Being obese in New Zealand
Report calls for levies, limits on ads and fast-food shops, access to weight-loss drugs.
‘Disastrous’: Fears NZ on track to fall well short of Smokefree 2025 goal
Smoking rates failed to decrease from the year prior for the first time in a decade.
Simon Wilson: The Mowbrays, the helipad - and the 'most loathed' organisation in council
OPINION: Auckland already has a salutary warning about rich-listers and helicopters.
Letters: House haka was boisterous but dignified
OPINION: 'Please fix both these major driving problems this year.'
Tensions on relationships between 'grumpy' gangsters and community police due to patch ban
The new law will be hard for Northland's sole-charge officers, Police Association says.
'It was really tough': New Police Commissioner on the challenge of his career
The new head of the police talks to Jared Savage ahead of his first day on the job.
Opinion: It's hard when you become a minority in the land of your fathers
OPINION: Once proud and hard-working, most Māori have no meaningful mahi.
Public sector wages growing faster than private sector
Around 18,500 public servants received a pay rise in the quarter.
Minister announces unit to investigate harm against children in care
It follows a slew of complaints about Oranga Tamariki.
Fears of ‘more dead Māori kids’ if police are routinely armed
Lobby group calls out new Police Commissioner over arming his officers.
Minister 'cannot take personal responsibility' for inappropriate actions in youth boot camps
It follows concerns about use-of-force powers being given to staff.
'Reduce the fear': Police make 'handful' of arrests and seizures on day one of gang patch ban
Police have reported fewer patches in areas they might typically expect to see them.
'We’re not going to be a slave to a surplus' - Associate Finance Minister
Expectations tempered around return to surplus in 2027/28.
Gang members warn of potential violence as new patch laws enforced
'I can't see this lasting unless they have a budget to lock fullas up in jail.'
Gisborne's speed limit changes under threat as Govt shifts gears
Gisborne implemented reduced speed limits in July, supported by public consultation.
Winston Peters reveals deadline for Cook Strait ferry decision
It's almost a year since the Government pulled the plug on KiwiRail's mega ferries.
Day one of gang patch ban: Police reveal how crackdown's going so far
'I suspect there will be more to come.'
Puberty blockers to be prescribed more cautiously in New Zealand after review
The ministry says a more cautious approach will be taken to prescribing the drugs.
Boot camp pilot participant allegedly reoffends, minister disappointed
Children’s Minister Karen Chhour said it would be naïve to think no one would reoffend.
Chris Hipkins: Big ups to the 440-plus volunteers who welcomed the hīkoi to Wellington
OPINION: Ordinary New Zealanders made incredible efforts and embodied our best qualities.
Winston Peters on the coalition's first year in power
NZ First leader Winston Peters speaks about the coalition's first year in power. Video / Mark Mitchell
'Stay calm': Lifetime gang member reacts after man faces prosecution under new law
Gang patches can no longer be worn in public.
Mongrel Mob member claims to successfully flout new gang patch ban
Cherie Kurarangi has a brief encounter with cops.
Te Pāti Māori files complaint against Gerry Brownlee as coalition targets haka
Debbie Ngārewa-Packer says the Speaker has exercised an overuse of power.
Police practice and culture comes under the microscope in major study
Māori continue to be over-represented in use-of-force incidents.
Te Pāti Māori files complaint against Brownlee as coalition targets haka
Te Pāti Māori has laid an official complaint against Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee after Tuesday’s hīkoi, Aotearoa’s biggest protest on Parliament grounds.
Revealed: The man set to be New Zealand's next top cop
He takes over from Andrew Coster who stepped down last week to head new social agency.
How big was the hīkoi to Parliament?
A Māori data scientist has used drone footage to estimate how many people marched to Parliament on Tuesday. Video / Greg Thomas
Denis O'Reilly: Ironic the gang patch laws come days after PM's Abuse in Care apology
OPINION: A lifetime Black Power member on the new law, which takes effect tomorrow.
Mark Mitchell: My commitment to making New Zealanders feel safer in Aotearoa
OPINION: The Police Minister on why these new gang patch laws will make us safer.
Willie Jackson: 'Nonsense' - this hīkoi is not just a Māori Party protest
OPINION: Everyone, from Labour, the Greens, the unions and every demographic represented.