Stories by Sharon Brettkelly

A series of videos has been launched to get more public backing for trade after thousands of people marched against the controversial Trans Pacific Partnership deal last year. Video

Asylum seekers are resorting to sleeping in cars or on the streets in Auckland, a support group says.

Emergency housing providers are warning more families will be sleeping in cars, parks and garages in Auckland this winter because of a desperate shortage of cheap accommodation.

An upgraded free trade deal between China and New Zealand was on the menu at a gala lunch in honour of the Chinese Premier today.

An Auckland iwi has accused the Labour Party of being condescending over a bill that would allow it to build 300 houses on a reserve.

A video of a young Auckland woman in a zombie state and vomiting after apparently taking a synthetic drug has been viewed more than a million times on Facebook.

Australian community housing providers are eyeing up one of New Zealand's largest social housing projects for purchase.

Low-wage workers in Queenstown face another year of crowded houses and shared beds after a major project to provide short-term cheap rentals failed.

Residents of a block of Auckland flats are in emergency accommodation after water gushed into the building during yesterday's massive storm. Video

A Wanaka man whose business is thriving says the booming property market has shut him out and he will have to commute for more than two hours to a house he can afford to buy.

Disability groups are calling for new laws making it easier for disabled people to work and study, saying it would boost the economy by nearly $900 million a year.

"People look at everything blackened, with no smoke, and they think it's all over - it's not," says a helicopter pilot fighting the Christchurch fires.

A man forced to flee his home in Christchurch's fire-ravaged Port Hills has seen devastated remains for the first time.

Auckland Council is promising to fast track more building inspections after long delays last year as it struggled to cope with the construction boom.

Local representatives in east Auckland have joined opposition to a 300-house development planned for reserve land.

The father of a six-year-old potentially exposed to contaminated water at a South Auckland dental clinic is furious families were not alerted sooner. Video

Auckland's housing market is showing more signs of cooling, with values dropping in many suburbs in the last three months.

A sexual abuse help group says the judge got it wrong when he ruled in favour of a man who posted photos of his half naked wife on Facebook.

An urgent meeting is being called after reports of soaring house prices pushing out poorer families and causing shortages of housing for elderly people. Audio

An angry Point England resident has accused Ngāti Paoa of hiding behind protocol when questions were raised about its controversial plans for a local housing development.

An Auckland iwi's plan to build 300 houses on a Point England reserve is facing growing anger from residents who want it stopped.

The Real Estate Agents Authority is investigating the sale of two neighbouring Auckland properties, one of which changed hands twice in one day.

Valuable resources are being spent searching for people not actually in distress, the Rescue Coordination Centre says.

Whitianga locals are demanding their harbourmaster be rewarded, not punished, after he was stood down for using a council boat to free a trapped orca.

The Corrections Department has paid about $2 million for hotel rooms for extra guards it needs at Mt Eden prison.