Stories by Amy Williams

The Crown Research Institute GNS Science has today pleaded guilty to charges brought against it in the wake of the deadly Whakaari eruption.

The country's ethnic business leaders say wine and cheese evenings do not suit everyone and they want to be included in mainstream business networks. Audio

The cyclone, cost-of-living crisis and another OCR hike today are all putting pressure on household budgets. Audio

Last week's double child homicide came soon after two other deaths that rocked the community.

Police are investigating any online mentions of the woman charged with murdering two children in Northland last week, who by court order cannot be named.

Residents in the small Northland town are rallying around each other to grieve the deaths of two children. Audio

An overstayer who was detained after a dawn raid in South Auckland last month has been granted a temporary visa and will no longer be deported.

The woman charged with murdering two children whose bodies were found in abandoned suitcases is fighting to keep her name secret.

Supermarket giants Foodstuffs and Woolworths New Zealand have lost a long-running legal battle to prevent Auckland Council imposing stricter sale times for alcohol.

The 42-year-old has appeared in the High Court in Auckland for an administrative hearing.

Once a swamp, always a swamp - that is what one Kāinga Ora tenant says about the home she's lived in for decades, built next to a creek.

Demand has surged as people seek help to make ends meet amid a worsening cost-of-living crisis, while some advisors worry they will have to reduce staff.

More than two months after the city's anniversary weekend flooding, a fleet of portable cabins has arrived in Auckland to house people who were displaced.

Insurance premiums will not be the only thing going sky-high after recent flooding - those wanting to rebuild homes may face their ground floor being up a staircase.

The man serving a life sentence for murdering British backpacker Grace Millane has lost appeals against convictions and sentences for sexual attacks on two other women.

Auckland's cash strapped economic development agency has laid out exactly how much recent events are worth to the region.

A Gisborne couple say they can only stay with people for so long and all they want to do is go home.

An insurance expert is warning flood and cyclone-hit homeowners with claims for write-offs are likely to get cash payouts that won't fully cover their rebuild costs.

A man who planned a violent attack targeting non-Muslims, after becoming radicalised online, has been sentenced to two years and five months in prison.

A big insurance company says owners of cyclone-hit homes that were flooded in metres of water and contaminated silt can expect a write-off.

The country's largest insurer says 20,000 homes across the country are at severe risk of flooding and it is in talks with government about where flood-damaged houses should be written off for good.

Water is a sought after resource in Gisborne where restrictions mean many on town supply are going without showers, and turning the washing machine on is a distant memory.

Business owners in the cyclone-hit city are desperate to keep their doors open during the water crisis and are resorting to filling buckets and drums to do so.

Cleaning up the flood silt is like scooping up sludgy stinky cow pats, one Gisborne resident says after Cyclone Gabrielle, as he reflects on regrowing his garden.

A kitty of portable cabins is on standby to provide a roof over the head for people displaced in Auckland's flooding.