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Truancy crisis: One officer for 80 schools in Waitematā East

Report: Some truancy officers "not easily contactable, not willing to accept cases".

Farmers, marae, councils on drinking water overhaul

The Water Services Bill is a major overhaul of drinking water management. What does it do?

Will NZ be left high and dry in global movement for vaccinated countries? Hipkins responds

NZ's population vaccinated: 1pc, much lower than UK (46pc), US (30pc) and Canada (12pc).

Sasha Borissenko: Which MPs own the most property

COMMENT: MP property part 2. Just five of the 81 MPs canvassed don't own property.

Heather du Plessis-Allan: Light rail is a broken promise

OPINION: Michael Wood has taken a big, bold risk - and put his reputation on the line.

Business Hub: The man heading $4.4b CRL project

'CRL is a mega project in a world sense'.

'I feel robbed': Home buyer says auctions sending house prices sky high

But real estate agents argue auctions the best way to understand each home's true value.

She went blind at 37. Others with diabetes are now at risk of losing their sight

Anne Niulesā woke up blind at the age of 37. Services to protect others are in crisis.

Housing crisis: Desperate first-home buyers bid at two auctions at once

Two sisters risked accidentally buying two houses in a bid to get on the property ladder.

'A bit more speed:' Social media giants under pressure by Govt to work with media

Kris Faafoi wants social media companies to speed up talks with media.

National deputy leader Shane Reti's 'flip-flop' on getting vaccinated for Covid

Reti says he hadn't seen the Govt's invitation letter when he made comments yesterday.

TVNZ and RNZ merger: Former NZ First Minister who 'gets stuff done' now in charge

Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi: The entity would be a mix of public and private money.

Watch live: Ministers get vaccine; 66,296 jabs administered so far

About 52,183 Kiwis have received one dose, while about 16,000 have had both.

The flaws in Govt's response to deadly Covid cluster: What review found

Contact-tracing and rapid response plan weren't stress-tested before the August cluster.

Will rape trial overhaul land more innocent Māori men in jail?

Penal reform group says bill erodes fair trial rights, takes swipe at Green MP Jan Logie.

PM sees 'no evidence' of people using fake Covid tests to get to NZ

But Act leader David Seymour is questioning claim – 'people try to defraud any system'.

Watch: PM faces questions on rents, Covid at post-Cab presser

175,000 New Zealanders to receive the increase when minimum wage increases to $20 an hour.

'This isn't rocket science:' National demands Govt makes vaccination target

The Govt won't set such a target, saying it wants to vaccinate as many people as possible.