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$17.2m deal: Kāinga Ora buys seven elder housing villages

State housing provider to spend $32.4 million on redevelopments, upgrades

'We cannot be held responsible': Decision made on NEMA charges in Whakaari case

WorkSafe charges against the National Emergency Management Agency have been dismissed.

Merepeka Raukawa-Tait: If you want people to react badly, keep them waiting in the cold

Opinion: Why is MSD treating people like cattle?

Letters to the editor: Society needs to crack down hard on illegal drug users

Letters to the editor: Our readers have their say.

Concerns proposed multi-use arena could 'spoil a gem'

Existing users are concerned about stadium plans but tangata whenua support the idea.

Take it slow: Bay of Plenty's picturesque highway

Dozens of gems are hiding just off this popular highway drive.

Homemade Taser, brawl and vandalism: Boycott likely as bus stop violence escalates

Frightened drivers say they are reaching a tipping point of taking strike action.

New homes to be built on former Bella Vista site

The former Bella Vista Homes subdivision to be given a new lease of life

Entrusted to his killer: Little boy beaten, starved by carer

Malachi Subecz suffered regular abuse, including being burnt with scalding water.

'Somebody's going to die': Where ram raids have tripled in three years

Ram raid style break-ins are on the rise and youths are mainly behind the brazen crimes.

Sam Uffindell is National's candidate for Tauranga byelection

The National Party has chosen who will stand in the upcoming Tauranga byelection.

Meet the backpackers owner housing homeless families

And it won't be open for tourists again: "I can't unsee and un-hear the stories."

Covid generation: From open world to pandemic - how young people have coped

The pandemic scuppered plans for young people of all ages.

Premium birthday: Gridlock: Developer warns of GFC-like event

PREMIUM BIRTHDAY: We take a look back at our best premium stories

Premium birthday: 42 years, 413 dead bodies: Police photographer retires

PREMIUM BIRTHDAY: We take a look back at our best premium stories.

Can't afford milk for coffee: Seniors struggle with rising costs

'A few years ago, I used to have money left over for the following week.'

Revealed: The high-profile job Simon Bridges quit Parliament for

Bridges has been tight-lipped about his role since announcing he was leaving Parliament.

'Dithering' on tsunami sirens gone on too long - former councillor

Community members say sirens are "critical, potentially lifesaving infrastructure".