The New Zealand Herald met Mark Cropp in July 2017, this is what he had to say then.

COMMENT: Only one conversation counts when it comes to the proposals from tax group.

Housing New Zealand tenants who were wrongly penalised for meth contamination in their state homes will be reimbursed and receive a formal apology from the agency.

Housing NZ releases report into its response to meth contamination of state houses.

Australia now has a similar law and the UK this week doubled jail time for attackers.

Illegal resource consent upsets Devonport neighbours.

Police on the North Shore are investigating after several residents woke to find the tyres on their vehicles slashed.

Australia has brought in a similar law & this week the UK doubled jail time for people who attack emergency service staff.

Mark Gregory talks about the customers that annoy chefs the most.

Kenny Dahl, 43, has been living on the street since age 18. He never found a home again after serving time for armed robbery.

Up to 1000 volunteers scoured Auckland for the city's rough sleepers last night.

'We're three different parties because we have different ideas and different opinions'.

Government is "desperate" to show it's united after recent shambles, National says.

Ardern's speech today is going to have to be very impressive if it's to steady the ship.

A group of young Kiwis have taken their crusade to clean up beaches to Hawaii

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern lays out the coalition Government blueprint.

The Herald walked the length of Queen Street to canvas views New Zealand's most famous street. / Michael Craig

The Kiwi designers behind a bionic hand are finalists for a prestigious design award.

Under the new pest management plan, cats without a microchip will be euthanised.

Mayor Phil Goff wants to pedestrianise sections of our highest profile street.

Artist Chirag Jindal and Musician Peter Hobbs introduce the 'Into the Underworld" exhibition that is being held in the Silos in the Wynyard Quarter over the weekend, that shows images of the Lava tunnels under Auckland streets.

Based on Crowley's research, there were at least 50 caves with around 250 entrances.

Moehau Hodges-Tai sits down with Scotty Morrison to discuss te reo in New Zealand, in te reo.

"It's been bloody hell for her. You can quote me on that."

School advocates for road improvements after child hit by car and critically injured. / Jason Oxenham

Two officers narrowly avoided death after a man allegedly pulled trigger on rifle at them.

Brooke Howard Smith is spearheading a social media campaign to get New Zealand's four largest chain restaurants to ditch plastic straws.

David Downs had to travel to Boston to undergo Car-T cell therapy in order to battle non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Now he's trying to make it easier for other Kiwis to receive the treatment.

Twenty four staff on at least $1 million.

NZ Herald Business Editor at Large Liam Dann looks at some promising signals from Auckland's property market.