Kiwifruit marketer Zespri is being dragged into a scandal which has seen its agent in China jailed for dodging import duties.

There is concern the speed at which housing policies are being pushed through will mean little time for the public to have a say.

Police have arrested several people at a party in Gisborne.

Signs of optimism are returning to the kiwifruit sector, after the near-knockout blow delivered by the Psa-V virus.

The future of the Defence Force is up for discussion, after New Zealand's withdrawal from long-term deployments.

The Maori Party has selected its candidate for the Ikaroa Rawhiti by-election in June.

The Associate Tourism Minister says a waka crew's 200-day-long return voyage to Easter Island is nothing short of an historic feat.

Dodgy unlicensed immigration advisers are being warned to stay away from prospective New Zealanders.

Auckland Council is looking at suggestions it ban smoking at bus stops and train stations as early as this year.

Auckland Airport say they will not be throwing travellers outside to sleep while they wait for early morning flights.

Progress has been made to clear the shelves of the synthetic drug, K2.