'The twins are the biggest characters.'

'We’re at the pointy end of the stick now.'

Te Purewa had the strength to cleanse his land of wrongful deeds.

"We all lived up on the maunga, Ngongotahā.”

Ngai Tūhoe has lost a leader who put issues of tikanga and rangatiratanga first.

Another department had eight staff leave in just over two years, a union member says.

A 'shock' diagnosis at 31 upended his life plan. So he remade it.

The Tauranga man was shot twice just weeks after a gang member was killed at same address.

'Are you telling me that there has been a labour shortage for over the last two years?'

The trust's chief executive has welcomed the scrutiny, saying he is not a 'crook'.

Their comments come after separate attacks on two teenage girls.

Each tribe had its exclusive warriors.

She told friends she planned to do a trail walk and camp at Lake Waikeremoana.

One principal isn't letting her children take the bus anymore following the attacks.

He warns a strategy is only as good as its implementation as a new growth plan is debated.

'It was just like this big glowing orange ball at the end of the street.'

Tania Tapsell said the hub would co-ordinate resources in one place.

'She was so strong. She stayed her happy bubbly Hazel self'.

Police say they are maintaining more presence in the CBD.

"We are more than happy to contribute towards New Zealand’s economy."

She was last seen leaving Ōpōtiki.

The fire forced the evacuation of the school.

It is the latest in a series of similar incidents at youth justice facilities around NZ.