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Four Rotorua accommodation providers under investigation

Ministry assessing whether tenancy laws are being complied with.

Inquiry launched after confidential Cabinet papers published

MBIE has begun an inquiry into the leak.

Opinion: 10 pressing issues for new Technology Minister Judith Collins

Tech has never loomed so large in our lives - or been the subject of so little policy.

Police find child sexual abuse images on laptop of gangs' 'go-to-guy'

Police stumbled across 115 images of child sexual abuse on Toby Sandbrook's computer.

Audrey Young: Luxon's next four problems and how to deal with them

Opinion: Now it's down to deciding who gets what position.

MBIE staff still banned from ChatGPT - but other govt departments more AI-friendly

In the absence of any AI law, agencies have taken at least three different approaches.

Scammers took almost $200m from Kiwis — report

The MBIE is warning consumers not to fall victim to fraudulent investment scams.

Banks say $198m lost to scams; Netsafe calls for anti-scam centre

Netsafe survey finds $2.1 billion in total losses; banks ready key new security measure.

NZ energy likely to change under National-led government

The energy sector is poised for a reversal of the oil and gas exploration ban.

Auckland Airport trials express lane to cut unacceptable wait times

Express lanes aim to ease congestion at Auckland's many layers of border screening.

Huge tracts of land retired, fenced or planted to protect Waikato rivers

Massive private and council efforts have gone into protecting Waikato waterways.

Coalition collision? Audrey Young on the tensions between National and Act

OPINION: The Treaty of Waitangi referendum is likely to be the most problematic issue.

Work visa scam victims offered job lifeline at Sudima hotels

Six Auckland properties involved have been slapped with insanitary building notices.

Hipkins ordered to apologise over document release breach

Chief Ombudsman rebukes PM's office for delayed release of Auckland flooding documents.

'Stale, not relevant': Engineer behind collapsed CTV building wants complaint dismissed

Alan Reay's lawyer says "no need for accountability", "no public interest” in pursuing it.

Nearly 200 firms probed in migrant visa scandal

Nearly 200 offshore migrants, linked to companies under investigation, told not to come.

Architectural designer struck off building register for two years

The architectural designer was stuck off the Licensed Building Practitioners' register.

How Govt's Ruapehu lifeline curdled to a horrible hash of bad debt and new Crown spending

OPINION: How the Crown came to write cheque after cheque for Mt Ruapehu's ski fields.