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The forecast aid budget's $1.1b this financial year, compared to $1.2b last year.

MSD also cites evidence money management can lead to welfare dependency.

MSD recommended beneficiaries on non-financial sanctions have access to hardship payments.

After two last-minute changes, the bill to ban gang patches is set to pass today.

A clause to ban insignia in homes of repeat offenders was added after Select Committee.

The new powers, including the gang patch ban, are set to come into force in November.

Health officials warned the Minister the target would need a whole of system approach.

Police advised in March its mandatory attendance policy for family harm would be removed.

Police Minister was told the target was ambitious and would require other agencies.

It has seen an 'intensification of misinformation and disinformation around sex education.

Labour says the proposed cost signals the expense required to reduce treatment delays.

Figures show an increase in defendants selecting jury trials over judge-only trials.

Despite recruiting restrictions, police remain committed to delivering 500 extra cops.

People are waiting longer for answers from the courts as backlogs persist.

Young people in the region wait an average of 70 days for mental health treatment.

Callouts for harassment and threatening behaviour have nearly doubled in four years.

The Wellington 15-year-old died of a brain tumour last October.

Nobody on board the train was harmed.

Three fire trucks are currently at the scene.

Residents say they were not told about the construction before they moved in.

'If she hadn't done something, who knows if I'd be talking to you right now.'

One worker described 'burning lungs' and says he still feels disorientated months later.

Results were consistent regardless of which trimester the antibiotics were prescribed.

The woman was knocked unconscious when she hit her head and fell on her stomach.

Her catheter broke and she was told no one had the time to change her.

The sky's the limit for the women at the front of New Zealand's thriving space industry.

Emails reveal concerns in NZ's busiest emergency departments.

New Zealand's capital is full of eats and activities for the eco-conscious traveller.

Niwa's seasonal outlook shows conditions are most likely to be warmer than average.

The paraglider had been "picked up by the wind" and landed partway down a cliff.

In the first week in March the pub made less than on a pre-Covid Friday.