New Zealand's unemployment rate has climbed to its highest level since the so-called "winter of discontent" in 2000.

The unemployment rate rose to a nine-year high 6.5 per cent in the September quarter.

Many young Pacific offenders in South Auckland are "chameleons" who attend church after committing a crime

New Zealanders can recognise crime in other areas, but prefer to dismiss it as part of everyday life in their own, a study suggests.

A black woman's appearance on a talent show in China has provoked a storm of abuse on the internet and a rare debate on racism in the media.

The teen driver at the wheel of the van in which two friends were killed was last night at the hospital bedside of her boyfriend who is feared paralysed.

A 4-month-old baby boy in a critical but stable condition in the Starship hospital is known to Child, Youth and Family.

The drug P is a dangerously destructive substance that's wrecking lives, wrecking families, fuelling crime and allowing gangs to flourish.

The Maori Party will not rule out supporting moves to open accident compensation to competition.

Society has frequently failed fathers by either forcing them to give up work and become house husbands or demanding that they spend long hours in the office bringing home the bacon.

John Key says there will be further negotiations on supporting ACC legislation with the Act Party, and possibly the Maori Party, today.

Kiwis who have lived in Australia since childhood are lodging - and winning - race discrimination complaints, saying they are facing discrimination in the Australian job market.

When a couple breaks up, they can split the assets and decide who gets the rugby season tickets. But who gets the friends?