An overwhelming number of public submissions support a push by Auckland Council to have backyard fireworks banned, but the move is a waste of time, a fireworks retailer says. The council will vote on Wednesday on whether they will ask the government...... Read More

Music schools will now be reconsidering who relieves their classes, after a Wellington music school potentially employed a sex offender as a reliever. The Ministry of Education was notified by Island Bay School on Wednesday that a sex offender, who had...... Read More

Auckland Transport will hold pit stops to try to educate the "lycra louts" who have led to a school cancelling its walking bus. Newton Central School's principal Riki Teteina used the term to describe cyclists who had verbally abused or...... Read More

A former manager of the trust that looks after the Waitangi Treaty Grounds has been jailed for more than three years for fraud. Wallace Tamamotu Te Ahuru had earlier admitted stealing $1.2 million from the Waitangi National Trust, while he was employed...... Read More

Auckland Council has decided to temporarily suspend the e-scooter trial with Lime, after safety concerns about the brakes. Lime, including its director of government affairs for Asia Pacific, met with the council and Auckland Transport officials today. The...... Read More

The prospect of tax on the proceeds of selling rental properties and second homes has public opinion split. The National Party is already promising to fight it every step of the way, and the government is sounding cautious - and certainly a lot more...... Read More

Police Minister Stuart Nash is celebrating a new milestone as the Police workforce reaches the highest figure in its history. “The total number of frontline officers, support staff, and others in the organisation who work to keep communities...... Read More

The Thames-Coromandel District Council has not yet made a decision on signing up to the Local Government Leaders’ Climate Change Declaration. The declaration commits councils to plans to reduce greenhouse gases, increase resource efficiency,...... Read More

Health Minister David Clark says District Health Boards are on notice to improve their financial performance and demonstrate they have a plan to return to financial sustainability. The Ministry of Health has today released monthly financial reports...... Read More

Hundreds of fruit fly traps will be checked daily and monitoring of the greater Auckland region will be stepped up following the discovery of a second Queensland fruit fly, Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor said. “I have asked Biosecurity...... Read More