Advocates say many in the disabled community, particularly deaf people, submitted on the bill - but are now being excluded.

Some principals are reporting major problems with the revamped school lunch scheme - including late meals and ham in halal ...

Fire and Emergency (FENZ) said it was alerted to the large scrub fire at around midnight and it had since grown to 1200 ...

A cyclist has been killed after being involved in a crash with a car shortly before 6pm on Thursday. The crash happened in ...

Anyone who wants to lock in interest rates at the bottom of the market "might want to start thinking about how much longer ...

The government is expected to reveal its next climate change target tonight, amid scrutiny from the international community.

GPs have told the Health Minister the sector is about to cross a tipping point that leads to the inevitable collapse of the ...

From Antarctic rescues to combat zones to crocodile relocations, the fleet clocked up 155,000 hours of flight time and ...

Winston Peters, after initially saying nothing was wrong with his and Shane Jones' comments - which have been labelled ...

Auckland FC have an almost identical home and away record in their first season in the A-League. In the 14 games played so ...

The Department of Conservation (DOC) is considering whether it needs to revise trap standards after a "determined" kiwi was ...

The park and its contents will be vested as a legal person, its peaks will be named Te Kāhui Tupua - so the park will ...