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Illegal tenants told to hide from housing inspectors
"We're too scared to lose houses because the scarcity of the housing here in Queenstown is really hard to get. So that time we don't have any choice [but] to follow his orders because we don't have…
Uber court case: 'What we want is minimum entitlements'
Uber driver's contracts were "repressive" and could be altered "at the stroke of a pen", the Supreme Court has heard.
Protest outside Supreme Court over Uber case
The Court is to decide whether its drivers should be considered employees.
Uber's fight over drivers' employment status goes to Supreme Court
Uber is appealing against a landmark Employment Court decision that granted four drivers workplace protection. Audio
'You cannot do this': Staff beg Health NZ not to cut Wellington maternity beds
The agency wants to trial re-allocating 12 beds as a medical ward for emergency department patients. Audio
Man appears in court over home invasion linked to man's death
A 28-year-old has been charged with aggravated burglary and aggravated injury.
Human remains found at property at Wellington's Ōwhiro Bay
It is still unclear who the person was or how long they'd been there.
WelTec and Whitireia students and staff in limbo over proposed closure
Last month the polytechnic revealed a plan to cut nearly 60 positions and over a dozen programmes.
State Highway 8 and SH80 reopen after snow closure
Two sections of state highway in the Mackenzie Country that were closed overnight because of risk from snow and ice, have now reopened.
New fare-capping scheme proposed for Wellington
Under the proposed new scheme, bus and train users would pay for up to eight trips a week and any additional trips would be free.
Fate of Te Kāhui Auaha campus in question
The creative campus in Wellington has had student enrolments drop substantially.
Expressway changes 'force fed to the community'
Two district councils in the Lower North Island are banding together against downgraded plans for an expressway through their districts.
Reporting leads to new information in Wellington sexual assault case
Another person has come forward to police after RNZ reported on an investigation into a Wellington man who is the subject of multiple complaints.
Police believe 'critical, relevant' information withheld in homicide probe
Abdulhassan Nabizadah was found injured on a Miramar street corner in March and died in hospital.
Bowel cancer sufferers call for change
A group of sufferers, survivors and supporters gathered at Parliament to call for screening age to be lowered.
Opponents livid after Taranaki seabed mining project passes Fast-track phase
Trans-Tasman Resources wants to mine the South Taranaki Bight seabed every year for three decades.
Not fighting alleged rapist spared woman from even worse violence, she says
A Wellington man is being investigated over "multiple complaints" of assault, which RNZ understands relate to sex crimes.
'Remorse weighed heavily' says friend of killer driver
The driver Alan Leatham died at a local hospice after living with Parkinson's disease and had a stomach tumour.
Police investigate Wellington man over 'multiple complaints' understood to relate to sex crimes
Two women came forward about being assaulted by the same man in incidents which occurred years apart, after the women connected following a social media post about the man. Audio
More police powers to seize criminal assets needed, advisory group says
Cash and assets seized by police were less than five percent of the $1.6 billion of criminal profits each year, the Ministerial Advisory Group on organised crime says. Audio
'Gut-wrenching': Advocates decry pay equity law changes
The change means 33 current claims, representing thousands of workers, will be dropped and must be started again. Audio
Council defends process that led to call to demolish City to Sea Bridge
Lawyers for Wellington City Council deny staff pushed councillors towards demolishing the City to Sea Bridge.
Wellington council defends process that led to call to demolish City to Sea Bridge
Lawyers for Wellington City Council say councillors were given multiple options, and deny staff pushed them towards demolishing the City to Sea Bridge.
Not too late to save the City to Sea Bridge - lawyers
Lawyers for a group challenging the Wellington City Council's plan to demolish the City to Sea Bridge say it is not too late to consider other options.
'Wrong message': Driver licensing changes remove key safety checkpoints
Replacing the full licence test with a "good behaviour" period and increasing penalties by reducing the demerit threshold does not make better drivers, road safety advocate say. Audio