Keisha Castle-Hughes is producing a film about a subject painfully close to her heart - NZ's 'epidemic' of P abuse.

Two Mongrel Mob leaders are being paid by the taxpayers to try to turn the country's gangs away from drugs and crime.

Second-generation Mongrel Mobster Layton Te Nahu is off the drug P and back with his family, thanks to a remarkable New Zealand story that involves the Prime Minister, the Salvation Army and a retired surgeon.

There was less crime and more of it was solved in the year ended June 30, police say.

It's female nature to overcome difficulties as a community, be it making the tea or getting the vote.

Slum tours can improve locals' lives, writes Karen Phelps.

A new controversial documentary about models asks less than typical questions about the so-called glamorous fashion industry.

I feel like a priest who has been wrestling with his belief in god...

A man who wrote a book about the death of his cancer-stricken mother has been charged with her attempted murder.

Manurewa mother Lisa Bowden wants to work but she faces the classic solo parent's problem - who will look after the children?

Much of Hoffman's writing is rich in symbolism and fantasy, and her latest novel, The Story Sisters, is no exception.

The latest deaths brought the total this year to 16, from 11 fatal pursuits - the worst on record.