Many tenants of social housing agency Te Toi Mahana unable to access rent subsidy
A Wellington social housing agency has a cap of 380 Income Related Rent Subsidy places. (File photo) Photo:…
Opposition parties react to Auckland housing U-turn
Labour deputy leader and spokesperson for Auckland Carmel Sepuloni. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver Labour says the Housing…
Hamilton-to-Auckland train Te Huia trial extended to June 2027
Te Huia was launched in April 2021 for a five-year trial which was due to end in June…
UK police arrest King Charles’ brother Andrew, BBC reports
By Michael Holden and Sam Tabahriti, Reuters Photo: AFP / JORDAN PETTITT King Charles’ younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor…
Fatal dog mauling: Animal control staff visited property day before attack
Police at the scene of the fatal attack. Photo: RNZ *Amendment: This story has been updated with more…
Mining company withdraws application for fast-track approval to mine Taranaki seabed
Mining company Trans-Tasman Resources has withdrawn an application for fast-track approval to mine the Taranaki seabed. Photo: Supplied/…
Wairarapa residents assess damage after this week’s storm
The unprecedented flooding at Whāngaimoana Beach has laid-waste Mellisa Tipene’s veggie garden. The small settlement on Wairarapa’s south…
Labour MP Kieran McAnulty ordered to leave the House after challenging Speaker
Labour MP Kieran McAnulty. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Labour MP Kieran McAnulty was ordered to leave the…
Banks Peninsula locals frustrated by flood clean-up response from authorities
Community-led cleanups are continuing in flood-damaged Banks Peninsula, but nagging frustration remains over the response from local authorities.…
Leighton Meester defends exchange with Ariana Grande at Critics Choice Awards
Leighton Meester is clearing up that awkward exchange with Ariana Grande at the Critics Choice Awards in January.…
Confidential Wellington council documents found in sold desk should have been destroyed, review finds
In September last year a stash of more than 200 papers were found in a locked cupboard within…
Controversial high-rise development approved in Wellington
An artist’s impression of the seven-storey apartment building, Mayfair, that is proposed for Wellington’s Mt Victoria. Photo: Supplied…