Heritage advocates and local residents waved placards outside a villa occupied by the Erawan Thai restaurant in Jervois Rd, Herne Bay this morning.

Our hopeless GCSB spy service are absolutely culpable for turning a simple exercise into a farce, writes Bob Jones.

Justice Minister Judith Collins has watered down legal aid reforms which aimed to save money by charging for family and civil disputes.

On the face of it there were some positive responses to the 25 recommendations of the Hunn Report on the leaky-building crisis, writes David Kernohan,

Southlanders dressed as forest gnomes took to the streets of Wellington today to gather signatures against the proposed Fiordland monorail and tunnel.

Auckland Transport is under political pressure to accelerate a roading link in Mangere to replace a walkway with a history of sex attacks.

Central city carparks provided to workers will soon be taxed in a move described as "petty" by Opposition MPs.

A fatal and fast-spreading disease has claimed 50 trees in South Auckland despite millions of dollars being spent in an attempt to stop it.

The proposed stadium shuffle for Auckland shouldn't come at the expense of tradition.

Car parks behind one of Auckland's finest beaches could be turned into an expanded public reserve under a council plan.