Farmer confidence has remained at an all time low in the latest bi-annual Federated Farmers survey. So how is their mental health faring?

Critics are concerned the government's first steps into regulating online casinos won't do enough to protect addicts and young people from savvy offshore operators.

Our comedians Te Radar and Irene Pink bring some levity to the end of the week.

As New Zealand's medal tally at the Olympics grows with overnight success in the rowing, Sam has the latest.

The Government is looking to extend contracted emergency housing motels for another year and Rotorua Daily Post reporter Kelly Makiha backgrounds the situation on the ground.

Along with her day job as an anaesthetist based in Nelson, Katie Ben is the new president of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists.

Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie covers the Supreme Court in Bangladesh scrapping quotas on government jobs, Myanmar's military dictatorship extending a state of emergency, and Hong Kong Pizza Hut promoting pineapple pizza.

In just over a year pre-employment service 'I'm In' has grown to have two offices, one in each half of the country, and a newly opened centre in Lower Hutt, placing 50 people in jobs in its first seven weeks.

Financial mentors are worried more people will spiral into debt now that regulations requiring affordability checks for loans have been scrapped.

The country's stricken vocational education providers need to cut staff and courses to become financially sustainable, Tertiary Education and Skills Minister Penny Simmonds says.