New bill aimed at serious offenders is the real deal, Police Minister says.

'We don't all have green slime, and frogs coming out of our taps.'

Stories of grieving families who feel powerless and stripped of having a voice.

Changes allow up to three homes, three storeys high on most sites without resource consent

For Rastafari, the ritualistic smoking of marijuana brings them closer to the divine.

A strategy to pursue a "legislated all-in" approach was agreed to in June, papers show.

"More than 4000 native species are threatened or at risk of extinction.''

'As a cis woman I am proud to stand alongside my sisters,' Minister for Women says.

"We've got an opportunity to denormalise it before it becomes a problem."

Abortion will become illegal or restricted in half the US if Roe and Casey are overturned.

Opposition MPs, legal experts and Human Rights Commission have cried foul.

Millions of workers will be affected by vaccine mandates being passed under urgency.

The End of Life Choice Act has come into effect, easing the burden for the terminally ill.

The pilot was put through medical checks and then grounded during a period of turmoil.

A new ministry is part of the government's promise to reform disability services.

Christchurch house "inhabitable", causes child to suffer serious heart condition

Bill aimed to help parents engage in their child's schooling.

Vaccine mandate will be extremely detrimental to the sector, letter says.

"How do you oppose the Holocaust?" one teacher asked.

Draft legislation could allow the Government to commandeer private Covid testing labs.

He stared down his abuser in court - and has now uncovered a gap in the law for survivors.

The abortion law has no exceptions even in cases of sexual assault or incest.

The bill should make it easier to disrupt planning and preparation of would-be terrorists.