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Gateway cities around the world are so important to national prosperity that they need to be actively supported and with customised arrangements. Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is right when he says a new relationship between government and the council is required, argues Mark Thomas

Prosecutors have told jurors three men should be found guilty of murdering 22-year-old Michael Zanco who was shot in the head at a rural property.

The jury found what Kevin Smith had done in stabbing Daniel Pettersson was not necessary or reasonable and he was not acting in self-defence.

Dien Nguyen alleges in court documents that company knew or ought to have known about risk of disease

The pre-election forecasts offer a rosier picture of the economy, with wages growing ahead of inflation, but tougher times for the Government’s own books.

Closely watched trial of Nathaniel Veltman, charged with murder, could reshape how Canada prosecutes far-right extremism

Ngāti Tūwharetoa has taken its offer off the table and will take legal action if the sale isn't halted, reports Andrew Bevin

Ministry of Social Development bosses pushed back against original performance score in wage subsidy scheme assessment, reports David Williams

The heads of Crown Law and the Ministry of Justice can’t work out between them whether the abuse of children at the Lake Alice psychiatric hospital was torture. After 50 years the Government still refuses to say that what happened at Lake Alice was torture.