The Prime Minister says unemployment is still expected to increase before it comes down and more work needs to be done if the government is going to meet its target to reduce the number of jobseeker ...

The deodorising cannons were installed in October to mask the stench from the Lower Hutt plant but some complain they make ...

Nearly 30 drones have been spotted near prisons in a year, and Corrections says it is a challenge to keep up with the ...

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission wants to hear from passengers on an Air NZ flight to Sydney which was turned back to Auckland on Sunday night. TAIC Chief Investigator of Accidents ...

Nurses, midwives, health care assistants, and kaimaho hauora will strike around the country. The Nurses Organisation says they're worried about safe staffing levels and indications that any settlement ...

Blitz is hugely entertaining - Dickensian comedy and Shakespearean drama with a Cockney accent, writes Simon Morris.

Letters sent to IT employees at Te Whatu Ora Waikato - which outlined a proposed restructure and possible disestablishment of ...

The Defence Force faces an operating deficit in danger of hitting $360 million next year, putting more jobs at risk. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Beneficiary numbers are rising, and the government is rolling out a targeted plan for 70,000 job seekers to get into work. Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston spoke to Corin Dann.

About 10 whales have died in a stranding of nearly 40 pilot whales at Farewell Spit in Golden Bay. Rescuers, Department of ...

A team of front-line hospital staff who make beds, tidy wards and help patients get to the bathroom have been told their jobs could be gone next year. Lauren Crimp has more.

The culling of 80,000 birds on a commercial free-range Otago egg farm in Moreaki is due will begin on Tuesday. MPI's chief veterinary officer Dr Mary van Andel spoke to Corin Dann.