Stories by Eva Corlett

The organisers of a temporary women-only night shelter in Auckland have hailed the project as successful.

The teal green facade with its burgundy sign and queues of people lining up for food and support is a familiar sight in central Auckland.

Private landlords are calling for some form of compensation after forking out big money on meth tests at their properties.

Courts around the country will close for two hours on Wednesday while staff strike for better pay.

The number of complaints made about requests for official information has risen, the Ombudsman says.

A year-long trial allowing electric car owners to use the priority lanes on Auckland's State Highways has been abandoned.

A house that has belonged to Auckland art school students for more than 70 years may be confiscated because of unpaid rates.

A corruption watchdog in Australia has described a former New Zealand local government chief executive's behaviour as "the very embodiment of corruption".

The government is investigating whether other housing developments in Tauranga could meet the same fate as the failed Bella Vista subdivision.

The Chief Ombudsman says inspectors were barked and snarled at by gang members during an investigation at Whanganui Prison. Audio

Filipino construction workers brought in from overseas for jobs in Auckland and Christchurch are frequently being exploited, new research has found.

A protest broke out against the far-right Polish president at a ceremony in Wellington today.

The former UN secretary general Kofi Annan was a man of "enormous humility and a lot dedication", former Prime Minster Helen Clark says.

Tens of thousands of families are seeking government help to put food on the table. Audio

Fruit and vegetable growers in south Auckland are warning further development could jeopardise the country's produce supply.

A large sinkhole has appeared in a suburban street in Taupō after a water main broke.

Landlords and property managers are being criticised for asking prospective tenants for their bank statements when vetting for new lets. Audio

An Auckland man of Pacific descent says a property manager profiled him and his friends when they tried to rent a home in an upmarket suburb.

A man who went on the run for a year after a botched cocaine deal which involved the class A drug being hidden in a diamante-encrusted horse head has been jailed.

The Privy Council has refused to grant the disgraced former mayor of Pitcairn Island's appeal against his convictions for possessing child pornography.

An online video reportedly shot inside a Tegel chicken barn in Helensville has been described as a 'shock and horror'. Video

A coroner has found that a Waikato man who died of heart failure didn't get proper care before his death.

A park that is home to 400-year-old kauri trees on Auckland's North Shore has temporarily closed after kauri dieback was found.

The Rotorua Lakes Council says it is doing everything it can to help homeless people in the region.

Poultry giant Tegel has suspended its application to build the country's biggest chicken farm in Northland.