Bridie Witton

When Kelly Macknight got a call from a counsellor working for her small non-profit to report an 11-year-old had disclosed a suicide plan, she found she wasn't as shaken as she once might have been.

Nurses across the country are preparing to walk off the job for 24 hours at the end of the month as negotiations with Te Whatu Ora — Health New

Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey says the country is “turning the corner” on chronic workforce shortages as new data shows a 9% uplift in mental health staffing over the past 18 months and a drop in vacancy rates.

Leading surgeon Philip Bagshaw is warning the National-led Government's push to shift elective surgeries to the private sector is pushing the public system towards a “tipping point” where it could collapse.

Senior National and Labour MPs have slammed mayoral hopeful Ray Chung's behaviour as “pathetic” and “disgusting”, suggesting Wellington deserves better — but have stopped short of calling for him to withdraw from the race.

Labour is using the fallout from David Seymour's rogue letter to the United Nations as fresh evidence of deep dysfunction at the heart of Christopher Luxon's coalition.

The Government has drawn a line under open-plan classrooms, with Education Minister Erica Stanford declaring they “aren't meeting the needs of students” and often create challenges for schools.

Labour is demanding the release of a government briefing on homelessness, warning it may confirm that record-level homelessness has worsened under the National-led coalition's watch.

Finance Minister Nicola Willis she's gearing up for a conversation with Fonterra next week — and she wants the dairy giant to explain why Kiwi families are paying so much for basics like butter

The National-led Government is investing more than $120 million to build 137 new classrooms in Auckland, while also announcing the creation of a new standalone agency to overhaul how school property is managed nationwide.