Stories by Tom Furley

An Auckland company says it could have provided the workers needed to complete Auckland's Park Hyatt luxury hotel, and was approached, but not given a chance to tender.

Up to 200 tradespeople from China will be flown in to complete a high-end Auckland hotel.

Auckland Council's tourism body has been left red-faced after promoting a Waitakere ranges track on social media despite a rāhui in place for the area.

High-interest finance companies are using social media to target families struggling to pay for back-to-school costs. Audio

More than 29,000 Australians are demanding a New Zealand man be deported after he avoided jail time for a one-punch attack on another man.

A specialist wildlife hospital opening its doors in Dunedin today has already had its first patients - two hoiho.

"I love my kids, I love my life, but they've taken it away," says Mark Felts, whose leg snapped in two places after a patrol car ran over it. His case is being examined by the IPCA. Video

Extremely drunk people are putting a burden on New Zealand's strained emergency departments, despite a drop in numbers from last year's surge.

The regulator, IANZ, withdrew its approval because the hospital does not have enough qualified staff to keep the lab running around the clock.

The Waikato District Health board has lost its accreditation to assess the safety of drinking water due to incompetence.

Several Taupō lakeside settlements have had their water intakes shut down over fears of a potentially toxic algal bloom.

More than 30,000 Auckland commuters' travel plans could be derailed tomorrow, with trains to grind to a halt due to a planned 24-hour strike.

Shane Jones mentioned his 'ne'er-do well nephews' in Kaikohe when discussing his proposed 'work for the dole' scheme, but locals say there just aren't enough jobs.

The director of a company fined for duping parents into buying maths lessons online faced similar complaints in Australia before setting up here.

A family of three who were hospitalised with suspected food poisoning after eating wild boar are being treated for botulism.

A large online Chinese real estate portal is launching a marketing campaign to help foreign buyers get a foot on the property ladder before they're shut out.

Three prisoners who violently attacked their guards will spend an extra three and a half years in jail.

Mayors from some of NZ's fastest growing cities hope Auckland's fuel tax will help them deal with their own huge infrastructure costs, but are reluctant to call for their own tax.

The new government is promising to build 10,000 houses a year, but some in the construction sector doubt a stretched labour supply will be able to keep up. Audio

Police are appealing a decision to allow a former military spy who stole the equipment to walk away without conviction. Video

One in three low-decile primary school children are going years with undetected eyesight problems that could have "massive" consequences for their learning.

Edgecumbe residents are unlikely to be back home for Christmas, six months on from the stopbank failure and devastating flood, the local mayor says.

Edgecumbe residents say a new independent report into the town's disastrous flood has not answered their questions - including who is to blame.

A South Auckland school has had to separate some unvaccinated students during exams, for fear of spreading mumps, with cases in the city rising by 150 in just over three weeks.

Enjoying a brew when getting a haircut appears to be getting the chop.