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The government subsidised pine on the East Coast for nearly 30 years. In that time huge tracts of that forestry have ended up in the hands of foreign companies with a track record of environmental damage. The latest in a series on the slow destruction of Tairāwhiti.

There's concern at a Cabinet decision, in the shadow of election, to increase its lending to $50m and set up ski field for private ownership. Jonathan Milne reports.

Labour's proposition to help fund the entrance of a third supermarket supplier might work – but where would these blocks of ideally-placed Crown land be found? Andrew Bevin investigates.

Exclusive: A Guardian Australia investigation has found an increase in the number of young people seeking help for problem gambling, with calls for urgent action

Aaron Smale goes back to his grandmother’s home town and finds a community weighed down by weather disasters and decisions of the past that have a region broken. A series on the devastating impact of the pine industry on Tairāwhiti.

Keelan Tuke told Lincoln Crown Court he could remember nothing of the lead-up to the crash which killed his friend Denii Reynolds.

How will each party approach New Zealand’s chronic infrastructure underinvestment?

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.

Christchurch Airport says it's premature to try and stop a new airport that's only just having the groundwork laid; but Tarras locals know what they don't want.

Police say Nathan Paul was the gunman during two pub robberies.