A European advocacy group has ranked NZ 158th out of 165 nations on children's rights.

Buddle Findlay chairman's key role in Treaty of Waitangi settlements

Legitimate gun owners question firearms law changes. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Drug-law reform easily biggest priority for voters under 35, Top leader shocked to find.

Crackdown on forced marriages: "It's hell on Earth for some of them."

Author says combining yoga with cannabis really isn't much of a stretch.

Businesses may be breaking Easter trading laws despite legislation allowing shops to open.

Politicians said they were concerned to hear of unfair practices and were investigating

New Zealand's confusing Easter trading laws are proving a headache for shop owners.

The Maori Party is claiming a major victory against GE trials in New Zealand.

RMA reforms will take NZ "down a racially divisive abyss", Winston Peters says.

Retail NZ wants to give police the power to issue spot-fines for shoplifters.

Uber is lobbying the NZ Govt to make further changes to transport reforms.

Linchpin legislation for the environment should be swapped for a new law, report finds.

Parliament's next environment watchdog will be a former National MP.

Major reforms to the Resource Management Act are finally ready to progress.

Principals are frustrated at another cost being forced on local schools.

Parliament's debate on spying reforms took a light-hearted turn this week.

Legislation to overhaul how family violence is dealt with has been introduced.

There was 88kg of gold which passed from Rob Burgess to a gold dealer - enough evidence for police to take almost everything he owns.

There is an effort to overturn the decision to allow American television presenter Matt Lauer to buy the Hunter Valley Station.

A popular Stratford amusement park has shut its doors to work on a list of some 70 health and safety recommendations. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

COMMENT: Trained arbitrators can do more to ease work of Family Courts.

Napier will be open for business on Easter Sunday, a change decided by a close vote in a Napier City Council meeting yesterday. Councillors

Bill English said the problems in the bill could be easier to sort out in practice than in theory.

President Donald Trump says he has a "phenomenal" plan to revamp business taxes in the U.S. taking the Republicans by surprise.

A marketing manager left tetraplegic after falling awkwardly at home pleaded with doctors to switch off his ventilator machine.

Nearly 20 per cent of Russians say it is "acceptable" to hit one's partner.

The British Supreme Court has ruled that the UK government cannot trigger Brexit immediately. So what will Theresa May do next?

Donald Trump took steps to advance construction of the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines.