Current Affairs

The indictment stems from efforts to reverse Joe Biden's victory in several states in 2020, based on Trump's false claims that he had been re-elected.

A Kawerau man is facing numerous charges after allegedly pointing a gun at police and holding people hostage in their own homes.

The Parnell lodges' owners are being accused of putting profits ahead of any sense of social responsibility to residents.

The new rules require airlines to disclose extra service fees alongside the full fare and offer cash refunds for cancelled flights - not vouchers or credit.

Rotorua councillor upset at Housing Ministry plans to keep contracting hotels for emergency housing.

Police are investigating a string of cash fare boxes stolen from buses in Wellington.

An unprovoked attack on an Auckland bus driver is cruel and has highlighted the danger they face, FIRST Union says.

The organisation tested 445 water samples in Canterbury and results indicate multiple town supplies had nitrate levels above the threshold.

Leaked documents show which divisions will bear the brunt of hundreds of proposed job cuts at the Ministry of Education.

The ministry's lawyers work with vulnerable children across the country, often in the youth and family courts.

The 26-year-old's family is being supported at this "distressing" time, police say.

The senior leadership team has already held a workshop "to identify local opportunities", leaked documents show.

It is the latest department to announce job cuts as part of the government's cost-cutting measures.

More than 2200 vehicles were stolen from the streets of Hamilton in the space of 12 months, police data has revealed.

Public servants' jobs are on the chopping block as the sector scrambles to meet the Finance Minister's cost-cutting targets.