A Christchurch insurance advocate says he is optimistic the new Canterbury Earthquake Insurance Tribunal will finally resolve the long-standing issues. The government has launched an earthquake insurance tribunal to try and finally resolve insurance......
ACT leader David Seymour says his proposed free speech protections would not allow people to spread footage of the Christchurch terror attack. Philip Arps - a Christchurch business owner and self-proclaimed neo-Nazi - was yesterday sentenced to 21......
Stats NZ is partnering with cellphone companies to launch a new way of tracking people's movements every hour. The population density programme will launch next month and Statistics Minister James Shaw said he was aware there would be perception......
Ombudsman Peter Boshier is to hold a wide ranging investigation into steps Oranga Tamariki takes when removing newborn children under a court order. Mr Boshier told a Parliament select committee this afternoon that he notified the Children's Ministry......
Support workers remain unconvinced that new Oranga Tamariki laws will deliver immediate improvements for Māori in the system. The agency's new legislation will be introduced on 1 July and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said better care standards......
Speed limits will be cut on 47 roads around Kāpiti Coast, with a view to making them safer. Kāpiti Coast District Council voted on the changes at the end of last week, after hearing from more than 220 submitters. Speeds in Raumati and Paekakariki......
The government is standing firm it will address commercial water bottling as previously promised. Before the election, the Labour Party planned to introduce a levy for commercial water use, including farmers, but it did not survive coalition talks. Prime......
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said no New Zealanders based in Taji Camp in Iraq have been injured, after reports of a mortar attack nearby. Up to 95 troops are training Iraqi security forces in the complex, about 30km north of Baghdad. Reuters reports......
