Katie Scotcher

A former lawyer says she is not surprised law firm Russell McVeagh is once again at the centre of a misconduct scandal.

Some Auckland dairy owners are optimistic that limiting where tobacco is sold could reduce the number of robberies.

Massey University Vice Chancellor has told students and staff she has no intentions of resigning after she misled the public over the cancellation of a Don Brash speech on campus last month.

Journalists have been banned from a conference where the heads of the country's top law firms are set to discuss sexual harassment in the profession.

Aucklanders have paid more than $13 million in the first month of the new petrol tax.

Half of Countdown's supermarkets have got rid of single-use plastic bags - but the move has received mixed reactions.

The man killed in a shed explosion in West Auckland last night loved to work on cars in the space, another resident at the property said.

The government has announced it will spend more than $80 million to replace rundown classrooms and to re-vamp schools in Auckland and Northland.

One nurse at Canterbury DHB said she had been sexually harrassed by patients multiple times but was made to feel worthless when she reported the incidents to management.

Auckland Council is investigating the circumstances of a cattle attack in a park at the weekend.

New Zealanders being held in Australian detention centres will get the chance to share their stories live on-screen at an international art fair from tomorrow.

An Australian parliamentary committee into immigration detention of New Zealanders has been told they are suffering disproportionately.

A Rotorua night shelter forced to close its doors at the weekend will re-open despite having no consent because too many people need the service.

There are fears the number of people drowning at New Zealand beaches will rise if more is not done to raise awareness of the dangers.

The eldest child of the Burmese couple who died while fishing on rocks yesterday says her parents loved the outdoors. Audio

A safety campaign to help people whose dates go horribly wrong has launched in Sydney - and there are calls to bring it across the ditch.

The Minister for Women is challenging the private sector to match the government's commitment for women to make up half of all state-sector boards and committees by 2021.

The woman who led hundreds of students in a march to law firm Russell McVeagh's Wellington office earlier this year says a high level review has further eased fears over speaking out. Audio

A scathing report on sexual harassment claims at embattled law firm Russell McVeagh will be released today.

A Fijian lawyer who has worked in the industry for almost 20 years says every day she faces some form of racism.

There are calls to rethink the way dairies are designed to keep owners safer in the wake of another attack on an Auckland shop.

The Prime Minister is blown away by her new science advisor's achievements and experience, she says, and hopes she will inspire more women to enter the field.

The owners of a Northland hotel are standing by their claims that a woman left her baby outside their venue while she gambled, the couple's lawyer says.

A Northland marae was not told about a hui being held to discuss plans to build the country's biggest chicken farm on neighbouring land.

Some South Auckland residents have been caught out by Auckland Council's decision to introduce a fuel tax - saying it's come as a total surprise.