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'In the prime of life': Pāpāmoa couple's heartbreak with young-onset dementia
Watching an interview about actor Bruce Willis, Jacqui remembers thinking, 'that’s Kevin'.
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The Front Page: 'There's nowhere for you to go' - Call for national youth housing strategy
More than 112,000 New Zealanders are now severely housing-deprived.
Watch: PM Luxon speaks at start of Parliament week, to highlight benefit crackdown
The PM says he wants to tackle the 'trap' of starting on welfare at a young age.
PM says $65k wage limit for parents with jobless teens about putting pressure on mums and dads
The PM says he wants to tackle the “trap” of starting on welfare at a young age.
Govt offers $1000 bonus to keep young Kiwis off dole, as date set to cut service for teens
Parents earning $65,529-plus will have to support their unemployed 18- and 19-year-olds
'Stop playing PlayStation': PM tells school leavers to 'get off the couch', 'go find a job'
Improving school attendance was 'job number one' for cutting future unemployment, he said.
Boat burglar and serial fraudster's $466k crime spree over four years
Bradley Croft, 42, amassed more than 50 charges over four years.
Young mother fights to reclaim baby taken hour after birth
New York Times: Danish ‘error’ leaves young Greenlandic mother fighting to keep her baby.
'One has to ask when it will end': Tokoroa plywood factory marked for closure
Mayor says it had been a tough year for the district.
'Coercion': Tenant & blind mum must voluntarily leave state home or face eviction
The tenant was told the house she'd lived in for 12 years was being sold.
Bishop unveils 'actions to support' rough sleepers
The latest official data shows almost 5000 people in New Zealand are homeless.
Roger Partridge: Time to unscramble government
NZ has 81 ministerial portfolios across 28 ministers and 43 departments.
Airport drama: How a hoax threat caused police to disrupt group's travel plans
An online post about a hoax threat led police to stop the four from boarding their flight.
‘We expect basic personal responsibilities’: Emergency housing grants plummet after govt’s hard line changes
Housing advocates say people denied shelter will die sleeping rough on the street.
Eviction crisis as squatters overrun Auckland lodge
The property, valued at $3.1m, is slated for demolition due to safety concerns.
Parents say schools getting opening hours wrong for years
Some primary schools added days on after realising they had misinterpreted the rules.
'Rotten to the core': Govt banks $151m by ending 'double-dipping', wiping $100 a week for struggling households
The Government decided on the changes in 2024, but used urgency to pass the law in 2025.
Govt warned Te Pūkenga de-merger would lead to more people on Jobseeker for longer
Advice suggested fewer people on a Jobseeker benefit would move into study.
'It's not a luxury': Disabled woman denied funding for wheelchair repair
'I’m asking to be able to get out of my wheelchair on my own.'
'Biggest change since 2004': Building consent reforms to be unveiled today
The Govt signalled in late 2024 it was investigating options for major reform.
Tenant loses home over rent arrears while receiving medical treatment overseas
His family moved in and paid $152 a week on the home with a market rent of $840.
Businesses urged to bypass free mediation service due to wait-list
The current wait time for mediation is seven weeks due to high demand.
National scandal: Inquest finally delivers answers on Malachi Subecz murder
'He was just a very, very special kid to me' - his mum described herself as a pushover
Inside Economics: Why the job market feels worse than the numbers look
ANALYSIS: Liam Dann takes a deeper dive into the week's economic news.
'Unparalleled disruption': One in 1000 Kiwis homeless as housing crisis worsens
Rough sleeping and people living in cars is on the rise across New Zealand.
'It was a scary way to live': Housing battle ends for terminally ill man
Logan faced ICU admissions and five helicopter transfers due to poor living conditions.
'Required to arrest': Inside police's new retail-crime patrols
'It’s not the value that we’re looking at. It’s the recidivism. Report it all.'
Bruce Cotterill: Why a new slave labour commissioner won't change anything
OPINION: Labour's anti-slavery bill misses the mark.
Anti-Corruption Taskforce could expand to private sector
Dirty meth money less a concern than NZ's global reputation as new taskforce launched.
Anti‑corruption taskforce launched, but what will it actually do?
Three key threats cited as fraud experts spearhead new taskforce.