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Education Minister says teachers keep asking for more

Latest pay offer "overwhelmingly rejected" at first teachers' meetings today.

10 questions with the man behind the waterfront stadium concept

Architect Richard Goldie gives us a snappy look inside his mind.

Wally Haumaha inquiry: Govt releases QC's report

Findings of QC into appointment process of deputy commissioner finally released.

Striking teachers hold out for workload relief, smaller classes

"Time to teach, time to lead" - workload claims are now dominating teachers' demands.

Focus: Striking teachers say Govt offer came too late to change strike meetings

Teachers who are going on strike again from today say they were forced to because a revised Government offer came through too late to rearrange planned meetings.

Teachers on strike: 'The 1980s called, they want their wages back'

Teachers say $700m pay offer came too late to rearrange strike meetings.

House price growth slumps, becoming a 'buyers' market'

House price growth may have peaked across much of the country.

NZ First MP Tracey Martin - no ego, all action

First-time minister shocked by Ardern's call to lead work on children.

Focus: NZ First MP Tracey Martin on finding her feet as Children's Minister

An interview by Lucy Bennett with NZ First MP and Minister of Children Tracey Martin.

Man in court after knifepoint hostage situation at Auckland mall

The man who allegedly took a woman hostage at knifepoint has appeared in court.

Islamic State claims the Melbourne Bourke St attack

The man who carried out the knife attack has been killed, police confirm.

Fallen paradise: Can Waiwera be saved?

Property owners are hoping to revive once-bustling hot pools complex.

'The laws need to change', double fatal crash family urge

Sharina Meuli's family want tougher penalties for fleeing drivers.

Focus: Police visit 84 homes in Dark Net drug crackdown

Police have visited 84 addresses across the country as they target anyone involved with the importation of illicit drugs bought on the Dark Net.

Focus: Police announce move to new Auckland headquarters in College Hill

The longtime headquarters for Auckland Central Police Station on Cook Street in the CBD is being moved to a new location on College Hill in Ponsonby.

Awful way dad found out son had died in mass shooting

When dad tracked his son's phone he made an awful discovery.

Rose of the Year wins by a nose

Pacific Rose Bowl Festival brings colour to Hamilton. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Auckland Police HQ relocating after 51 years in CBD

The Auckland City Police are set to make a move from their towering CDB station.