Tuhoe has reached an agreement with the Crown for a $170 million settlement of historic grievances, making it one of the largest settlements to date.

As valuable to marine life as it is prized by humans, the Hauraki Gulf is in decline. Though solutions seem as elusive as the gulf's fish stocks, a groundswell is building for collaboration.

The Labour Party will make a last-ditch attempt to introduce strict limits on the sale of sweetened alcoholic drinks after the Government backed down on its plan to ban high-strength alcopops.

All motorists using toll roads will have personal information collected under new legislation, worrying civil liberties advocates.

The PM is out prove National is more liberal than those on the left think it is.