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.

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

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.

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.

Wellington, Oct 4 NZPA - An 18-year-old prison inmate had his throat slit with a makeshift blade within an hour of being transferred to another cell block, the High Court at Wellington was told today.

I should have trusted more in the judgement of Harry the Croc about the Australian election outcome.

Wellington is about to play host to artists from around the world, including Tibet, China, Israel, Thailand, Australia and the United States.

Wellington, Aug 28 NZPA - Heartland champions Wanganui were more than happy to take four points with a 13-6 win over South Canterbury in an uninspiring 80 minutes of wet-weather rugby in Wanganui today.