Stories by Eva Corlett

The victims of a botched housing development whose homes were deemed too dangerous to live in want answers over why the council signed off sloppy construction work.

Visitors who disobey new track rules in the Waitākere and Hunua Ranges could face heavy penalties.

Northcote's by-election is a litmus test for the new government - but for the residents voting, it's the little issues that matter.

Auckland Council decides today if it will press ahead with a regional fuel tax, but critics are denouncing the move as too rushed and short on detail.

Groups working with homeless people are bracing themselves for another gruelling few months as winter sets in.

The Ministry for Social Development has apologised to a solo mother of three who was told her benefit was stopped because she had been on two Tinder dates.

A wedding party headed for Bali has been left angry and exhausted after 30 of its members were temporarily stranded in Auckland following Air New Zealand's flight cancellations.

New Zealand's triumphant Commonwealth Games team were greeted with flowers, banners, balloons and screeches of joy when they arrived back in the country last night.

Parking wardens and animal control staff at Porirua City Council will now wear body cameras to keep them safe while working.

Staff members at the University of Auckland fear it will burn thousands of books if it goes ahead with plans to close down its specialist libraries.

More than 700 large families are waiting for a state house but the government's largest housing provider, Housing New Zealand, has less than 50 homes big enough to offer them.

Former president of the United States Barack Obama spent his first day in New Zealand playing golf with Sir John Key and taking pictures with a kiwi bird.

The former US president has left his hotel on Auckland's waterfront flanked by police and his personal security staff. Video, Audio

Meeting the leaders of tomorrow - as well as the leaders of today - will be on Barack Obama's agenda when he makes his first visit to New Zealand this week.

Corrections will review its processes after it was discovered 11 sex offenders were living less than a kilometre away from a South Auckland school.

More school counsellors, compulsory Te Reo Māori classes and cleaner bathrooms are a few of many changes New Zealand school students want for the education system.

A man who evaded police for six days after firing at officers and stealing two cars has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison.

An imposing, architecturally unique state housing high-rise in central Auckland is slated for demolition.

Tractor sales have hit a record high, up 13 percent from last year.

A moth that attacks red clover, with "devastating" effects has now been found nationwide.

The lupin plant may help prevent and treat inflammatory-related diseases, researchers have found.

Jacinda Ardern has become the first prime minister to walk in the Auckland Pride Parade.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told parade-goers the government "walks beside" the Rainbow community.

Supplies sent to cyclone-hit Pacific Islands could end up sitting unopened in ports, the Red Cross in Samoa says.

A brawl in the Auckland suburb of Panmure last night where two people were stabbed was a revenge attack, police say.