Companies using the Reader’s Digest Most Trusted logo in their branding are being charged for it.

Reader’s Digest Managing Editor Zoe Meunier says brands aren’t being trusted to be a part of the survey.

Two ram raids took place overnight in Auckland and Hamilton.

In Hamilton, a group of children aged 12, 11, 10 and 7 were all caught attempting to steal from a shopping centre in Hamilton, while would-be thieves failed to steal jewellery from another shopping centre in Auckland.

Rotorua Council have paused a controversial local electoral bill.

The bill would allow an equal number of Maori and general seats, but a report from the Attorney-General dubbed the report in its current form discriminatory.

‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ is the fifth-largest bank for handing out home loans, making it bigger than Kiwibank.

14 percent of families surveyed offered financial aid for their kids to buy a house, with an average offering of $108,000.