Stories by Anneke Smith

Two Dames have taken aim at the top Family Court judge, saying she is ignoring concerns about how whānau are treated in court.

The new law will ensure a nationally consistent approach to community water fluoridation based on its well-established benefits, Associate Minister of Health Ayesha Verrall says.

Disability communities have largely welcomed the establishment of a new Ministry for Disabled People, saying it has the potential to improve disabled lives.

A government working group has presented a new proposal for Auckland Light Rail at billions of dollars more than the original cost and well-behind initial timeframes.

Members of protest group Extinction Rebellion have been issued trespass notices after gluing their hands to the front steps of Parliament.

Stranded overseas expats could be just weeks away from securing a ticket home for Christmas.

The House will resume sitting tomorrow after a two-week recess block, with at least two returning MPs partially vaccinated.

The soldier is further accused of stashing classified documents and taking copies of the Linton Military Camp layout, including a letter assessing its security vulnerabilities.

The judge overseeing a rare espionage court martial has moved to suppress the name of the country at the centre of the case.

A soldier facing charges of espionage at the Linton Military Camp in Palmerston North is back in court today.

The New Zealand Muslim Association is "baffled" the LynnMall terrorist was put up in a small Islamic centre after Corrections turned down its offer to help rehabilitate him.

Experts predict the entire country will remain at alert level 4 until health officials can rule out community transmission beyond Auckland's borders.

New modelling shows the number of people infected in the community might reach 120 - as large as initially feared, Covid-19 modeller Professor Shaun Hendy says.

Professor Shaun Hendy says the number of people infected in the community at the time the outbreak was first detected may now be "several dozen".

The government is warning it may take just one community case of Covid-19 for the country to move into another alert level 4 lockdown. Audio

A Wellington woman has had her life disrupted by mistakes by police and courts over an urgent order.

Support for the Labour Party has taken a hit while the ACT Party, and its leader, is growing in popularity, a new political poll shows.

The Police Association is urging the government to unlock money set aside for more police recruits as dozens of officers leave the force.

Minority groups say the government has confused the debate around its proposed hate speech laws and allowed discord to spread.

Exporters are hoping China and New Zealand can keep politics out of their long-standing trade relationship.

The National Party says the government should share any information its intelligence agencies have on the treatment of Uyghur people in China.

As the country prepares to debate proposed hate speech reforms, Al Noor Mosque is being targeted with fresh threats of violence.

Health experts say they are mystified over the government's reluctance to enforce mandatory mask wearing and QR code scanning under alert level 2.

Four prominent politicians have been enshrined in surprisingly-flattering puppet caricatures at Wellington's Backbencher pub.

The Minister of Trade and Export Growth Damien O'Connor says he hopes to make solid progress on free trade agreements on his visit to the UK and EU next week.