Bill Hickman

Hundreds of people gathered in Wellington's Cathedral of St Paul in a service of remembrance for the victims of the fire.

The Aged Care Commissioner has criticised a Tauranga care home after a dementia patient assaulted another resident as he lay unconscious and dying.

A doctor has been suspended for six months for importing and prescribing unregistered drugs such as steroids as well as prescribing a sex hormone not approved for human use in New Zealand.

An Otago-born author who researched the train crash which shattered her family 80 years ago says she believes the driver was made a scapegoat for the tragedy.

Wellington's mayor says lives depended on bringing buildings without a current Building Warrant of Fitness up to standard quickly.

Raymond Lauder says he had an uneasy feeling when he came across a couch fire on Monday night, ahead of the fatal blaze.

Local agencies are assisting dozens of people made homeless by the fire at Loafers Lodge in Newtown.

Retailers are warning insurance hikes in the wake of ram raids and other crime could force many out of business. Audio

The report into police actions during the Parliament occupation details serious allegations of violence against protesters, but also refutes a number of narratives which swept the internet.

Police say firearms owners need to shoulder the burden of a licensing system that costs the tax payer hundreds of millions of dollars. But firearms advocates say the figures are being pulled from thin…