Stories by Matthew Theunissen

A large-scale 1080 pest control programme across the Hunua Ranges, south-east of Auckland, has suddenly been suspended.

Auckland Transport is looking at dropping the speed limits on dozens of roads in a bid to cut traffic deaths and injuries in the region.

The battle to stop a controversial marina on Waiheke Island has fired up again, with opponents telling the High Court the wrong iwi group was consulted about the consents.

The Auckland Council resource consent botch-up will be a nightmare for those who have to re-apply, says a character property coalition spokesperson.

A major New Zealand recycler is considering legal action against councils who he says are failing to pitch in to deal with a mounting pile of rubbish.

Māori housing organisations are trying to find ways for finance to be secured for housing to be built on communally-owned land.

National has some sympathy for ACT's call to reduce the number of MPs, but won't support the policy in its current form, the party's electoral reform spokesperson Nick Smith says. Video, Audio

ACT's leader David Seymour Party has told his party's annual conference he wants to abolish the Māori seats and reduce the number of MPs.

Don Brash was met with a chorus of boos and nearly didn't get through his address at a university debate tonight. Video

ANZ has announced it's removing sales targets for front-line staff, and the country's other major banks look set to follow suit.

The University of Auckland will not be following Massey University's decision to ban former Reserve Bank Governor Don Brash from giving a speech.

Far-right Canadian speakers Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux will be speaking at a sold-out venue in Auckland tonight, an event that has angered many groups.

Some Airbnb hosts are warning they are going to leave the online accommodation service as a result of a new Auckland Council tax.

New Zealand farmers may need to adapt to new technologies that are enabling the creation of viable alternatives to meat.

Letting fees are an aberration in the law and are pricing ordinary New Zealanders out of homes, a tenants' advocate has told MPs.

New Zealand's Muslim community is angry that two controversial alt-right speakers have been allowed to work in the country.

Auckland households will pay an average of $2500 in rates this year after the city council announced a 2.5 percent general increase.

Councils are calling for a national regime to test wastewater for illicit drugs, to better understand who's taking what and where.

An Auckland hapu is considering building a statue on Bastion Point that could be as big as the Statue of Liberty in the United States or Christ the Redeemer in Brazil.

A lobby group wants the Auckland Council to shut down several housing developments because they're killing a treasured marine reserve. Video