Alfred Keating's nearly two-week trial in the Auckland District Court has come to a close this afternoon as the forewoman read the jury's decision to the court.

Hastings is investing in a vibrancy project. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Comment: Our productivity performance is already bad enough.

Comment: National MPs' dissatisfaction with their leader is at a critical point.

Government had to grapple with difficult decision while nurse's life was in the balance.

18 April 2019 | Shelly Bay has been one of the capital’s most controversial issues. Video / Mark Mitchell

Financial statements show at least a quarter of a million dollars has been donated.

Focus: PM Jacinda Ardern announces end to Capital Gains Tax plan, Bridges and Peters weigh in.

COMMENT: Labour made four mistakes in the CGT debate.

Focus: Cordy's Auctioneers prepare to auction NZ music memorabilia for NZ Music Month. /Jason Oxenham

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced this afternoon that the Government would not be implementing the tax.

A capital gains tax has been ruled out after NZ First would not support it.

Teacher by day, homeless advocate by night. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Kimbolton Sculpture Festival is a rural art show with a message. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The hip-hop artist - whose real name is Malo loane Luafutu - was sentenced to six months' intensive supervision in the Christchurch District Court.

The famous Paris cathedral has been virtually destroyed in a massive blaze - its roof and spire have collapsed and firefighters have been struggling to contain the flames.

Clout hopes to be third time lucky. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

COMMENT: Ardern had pretty good reason not to expand on the details.

Focus: PM Jacinda Ardern chooses not to discuss Louisa Akavi's abduction by ISIS in press conference, is still questioned repeatedly by press. / Mark Mitchell

Focus: Michael O'Dell-Horne speaks to The New Zealand Herald about his father being a victim of a hit and run in Gisborne.

Ardern said it would a "new approach" to the Budget.

Islamic State demanded a $33 million ransom for Kiwi nurse Louisa Akavi.

"Where's my son?" They were Rahimi Ahmad's first words after six days in a coma.

COMMENT: We must work harder to see that truth prevails.

Life goes on for some of us. That is, apart from the 50 who died. We think about them.

Simon Bridges understands the Government will reveal its CGT plans this week.

Meet the wahine behind Tauranga's first Women's Shelter. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

EDITORIAL: How must it feel to make decisions upon which lives depend?

National MP Paula Bennett will present the plea to Parliament.

Clayton Kimpton, New Zealand Commissioner-General to Expo 2020 talks about Expo 2020 Dubai. / Jason Oxenham / Dean Purcell