Stories by Felix Walton

A dour mood hung above this year's Stormwater New Zealand Conference, as attendees reflected on months of flooding and severe weather.

Though Wayne Brown has promised to fund the Citizens Advice Bureau, he did not confirm if existing funding would be reduced. Audio

The high level of profitability was making people question the level of service they were getting, says Consumer NZ chief executive Jon Duffy.

A Christchurch-developed video game about fishing is making waves overseas.

The sequencing shows the strain is likely to be covered by the vaccine, but one leading vaccinologist says Aotearoa has "dropped the ball badly" on vaccinating pregnant people.

A petition with 20,000 signatures was handed to Auckland Council in a last-ditch effort to halt budget cuts to the Citizens Advice Bureau.

Video games could be our next billion-dollar industry, but Australian tax incentives threaten to stunt growth of the sector in New Zealand.

Watercare chief executive Dave Chambers said the hike was unavoidable - and locals appear reluctantly in agreement.

Tempers flared at a packed meeting when council officials did not have the answers Muriwai residents wanted.

Residents of a rural Hawke's Bay town cheered for repair crews arriving to restore their power after more than two weeks in a blackout after Cyclone Gabrielle.

The numbers of people seeking aid at Civil Defence centres in Auckland has dropped, but plenty of families are still displaced.

The sun finally came out over Northland on Wednesday after the region was rocked by Cyclone Gabrielle - but some residents were still being urged to evacuate.

The sun may finally be out, but the crisis is not over for Auckland residents displaced by last month's floods. Audio

Volunteers have been working around the clock in South Auckland to provide relief to people displaced by flood waters.

Aotearoa's sexual health clinics have been operating with the same staff and resources for almost a decade, despite increasing demand.

Svetlozar Kraleva says he still has questions about the death of his wife Krasimira Kraleva more than two years ago.

The number of parcels delivered late in the past three years has doubled, but posties are working harder than ever.

More than 1600 roads in Auckland are set to have their speed limits reduced by 30 March.

Walter- who is just 22 - lived on the streets for years and calls poverty a "generational curse" that left him with nowhere else to turn.

Concerns over fewer house sales leading to real estate agents leaving the industry are overblown, a group representing realtors says.

Visitors to this year's Fieldays have plenty to think about, with the government having launched its Centre for Climate Action on Agricultural Emissions yesterday.

There are significant inequities in how Kiwis experience the later years of life, according to a review of New Zealand's retirement policies. Audio

Today saw the official opening of a long-awaited facelift for one of Queen Street's busiest stretches, with hopes it will help to revive the ailing city centre.

An enormous fireball seen over the North Island has astronomers scrambling to find the meteorite, which is likely to have landed in Northland. Video

The government has announced new rules aimed at reducing harm for gamblers. Audio