By Adam Roberts for NZPA

Wellington, Oct 19, NZPA - Health Minister Tony Ryall is confident existing audit processes for resthomes are sufficient and he is not planing on following recommendations from an opposition inquiry.

By Adam Roberts for NZPA

Wellington, Oct 19, NZPA - An expert team of Housing New Zealand investigators spent the last 18 months tracking down fraudulent tenants, terminating 166 cases and a saving of $6.3 million, Housing Minister Phil Heatley says.

Mladen Bizumic, From Cube To Ball (Chapter 2) 2010 'Modern' architecture and visual material from post-war New Zealand are explored in various forms in the latest Adam Art Gallery exhibition Designs for Living.

ENGLAND SEVENS suffered semi-final heartache this week as they crashed out of the Commonwealth Games against eventual winners New Zealand before losing out on a bronze medal to South Africa.

By Adam Roberts for NZPA

Wellington, Oct 14 NZPA - We are failing our older generation, and comprehensive changes are needed to fix an aged care sector near crisis point, a report released today says.

By Adam Roberts for NZPA

Wellington, Oct 14 NZPA - Ministers and central government agencies are taking Official Information Act requests more seriously, according to figures released in the 2009/2010 Annual Report of the Ombudsmen.

By Adam Roberts for NZPA

New Zealand's Legal Aid Review Panel is at crisis point and at risk of falling over, its convener says.

By Adam Roberts for NZPA.

Wellington, Oct 13, NZPA - Sick people will suffer more from tighter sales restrictions on medicine containing pseudoephedrine -- and it may not hurt the P trade as intended, the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand says.

By Adam Roberts for NZPA

Wellington, Oct 12 NZPA - Labour's long-serving Manurewa MP George Hawkins is not ruling out forcing a by-election in his electorate but is waiting to see what his new work load is like after being elected to the Manurewa Local Board on Saturday.

Two critically acclaimed artists are set to perform in the capital as part of the Wellington Asia Residency Exchange (WARE) - an arts programme by Wellington City Council and the Asia New Zealand Foundation.