A group lobbying for a return to a 10-year passport claims New Zealand passports are more expensive per year than most other comparable countries.

A controversial cancer charity will not face prosecution after it voluntarily de-registered as a charity during a probe into its spending.

NZ passports have been found in the hands of a dangerous master forger who allegedly supplied fake documents to terrorists, drug smugglers and human traffickers around the world.

A Chinese woman involved in a gambling scam with her ex-boyfriend and a casino worker that stole more than $50,000 has avoided a jail sentence but will be deported.

Ewan McDonald went on a family holiday. The riot police came along too.

A British man, who escaped UK jail after stabbing his aunt 70 times, has been living in NZ, where he stole a disabled man's identity

Babies and toddlers are increasingly becoming targets for paedophiles, a child safety group has said in the wake of a horrific child abuse case.

An ex-government employee had around 1400 'upskirt' recordings of women and schoolgirls, police say.

A man is before the courts after allegedly making covert recordings of people in a Wellington bathroom while he worked for the Department of Internal Affairs.

Businesses which drag their heels or fail to comply with a new anti-money laundering and terrorism financing law should expect to face firm action, say regulators.

A 7-year-old girl has been banned from entering New Zealand with her adopted parents because authorities say she is too sick to live here.

A cancer charity under investigation over its spending has stopped paying its staff while it considers whether to resume operations in New Zealand.

A cancer charity has suspended fundraising in New Zealand amid questions over how its money is spent.

An immigration fraudster stripped of his citizenship and barred from New Zealand owes taxpayers more than $150,000.

Labour MP and former Associate Immigration Minister Shane Jones' political career has been saved by an Auditor-General's report that found no evidence of improper motive.

The Government is investigating an overhaul of the way councils collect money for their annual $3.6 billion new infrastructure spend.

Shane Jones has received a draft copy of the auditor-general's report into his decision to grant Chinese billionaire William Yan citizenship - but won't reveal the contents.

Homeowners could have to pay more in Fire Service levies under a proposed shake-up of the way the service is funded.

The public health experts who once led SkyCity's problem gambling programme say the casino doesn't do enough to prove they stop punters becoming addicts.

A man who was due to go on trial for sexual abuse was able to skip the country because a court staff member forgot to inform Internal Affairs of his bail conditions.

Conman Loizos Michaels has been sentenced to eight years in prison after he "manipulated his victims for greed''.

The police-organised crime squad that carried out the Kim Dotcom raid has given briefings to a high-powered group charged with protecting New Zealand's "national security".