Stories by Bill Hickman

Abdulhassan Nabizadah was found critically injured on the corner of a Miramar street. Audio

James Gardner Hopkins was suspended after inappropriate touching of summer interns.

The man later died in hospital.

And in a second case, a woman died following delays to surgery.

The acting chair said making the agency review the cost of contracts over the last five years would distract the agency from addressing problems facing the region's water infrastructure.

Fans are saying the magic of the event will be hard to recreate when it moves on from the capital next year. Audio

The Palmerston North business owner faces charges related to just over $300,000 paid to his company for for window installations that never eventuated.

Simeon Brown is proposing greater reliance on private hospitals to reduce the backlog for elective surgery.

Even mayor Wayne Guppy donned his best mullet hairdo in support of a weekend of hard rock, black t-shirts, fast cars and beer.

A Wellington woman has come forward as part of a group that added the colours of the transgender pride flag to a pedestrian crossing in the suburb of Berhampore last weekend.

A probe uncovered poor value for money from contractors, loose financial controls, and even one case of alleged theft. Audio

A Wellington law firm is defiant in the face of complaints to police and the Law Society over a letter sent to practitioners of gender affirming care earlier this month.

The Royal New Zealand College of GPs says a letter has been sent to 20 practices offering gender affirming care. Audio

Ukrainians in New Zealand say they can not let the suffering of their people fall off the radar as the war in their homeland enters another year.

Residents near the coastal community of Wellington's Moa Point say they will work to repair a mysterious Moa statue that has fallen from its perch high on a rocky outcrop just beyond the city's…

Police are continuing to investigate the cause of the crash and are yet to lay any charges.

Local are bracing for out-of-town gang members as the mayor says hundreds of police officers are arriving in the district.

Erice van Leuven says she's lucky to be able to walk after trying to clear a massive 85-foot jump at an event.

Thomas Basire lived on the fringes of the community before his disappearance in November.

Stan Bicknell is facing an agonising wait after the audition of a lifetime with unconventional prog rock group Primus. Video

Hutt Valley downhill mountain biker Erice van Leuven has a big year lined up as the two times junior world champion steps up to compete at the sport's elite level for 2025. Video

A Lower Hutt man claims he is the one who has been randomly delivering racy fiction to mailboxes in the harbourside community of Eastbourne.

Mitre 10 is set to take over the location of a central Wellington Warehouse outlet when the red shed is vacated this year.

Wellington musicians are mourning the loss of a unique gig in their home town, after news that the Homegrown festival will no longer be held in the capital.

New Health Minister Simeon Brown may be hamstrung in how much he can change, as cuts to the health system are "writ in stone", union head says. Audio