Stories by Jimmy Ellingham

Known for outlet stores and speciality shops, Ōtaki was also famous as a traffic bottle neck. The new expressway has killed the town - or it's a win-win - depending on who you talk to.

The former leaseholder of Chateau Tongariro says it will share the building's seismic assessment with the Department of Conservation when ongoing negotiations finish.

Many doctors at Palmerston North Hospital operate under a siege mentality, where they fear speaking out about concerns, and they often face barriers when trying to transfer patients between…

Oliver Candy, one of New Zealand's last living World War II veterans, still remembers the moment he heard the war had ended.

Mark Lundy has been denied parole today after serving almost 21 years for the August 2000 murders of his wife and daughter in Palmerston North.

The Chateau Tongariro hotel looks unlikely to reopen its doors any time soon while its earthquake resilience is assessed.

A central North Island primary school shut its doors on Monday while it cleaned up after a weekend deluge brought floods to the Rangitīkei District.

Work is starting on a new intersection to a growing New Zealand Defence Force site along a traffic pinch point in the lower North Island.

A human rights lawyer is appalled at what she says is cynical behaviour from the Ministry of Social Development when offering compensation to victims of state abuse. Audio

A district councillor is taking on his own local body for the way it charges development levies.

New Zealand sailors exposed to British nuclear tests in the Pacific in the 1950s remain unhappy they have never had a government apology for being placed in harm's way. Audio

Forty teenage girls in their final year of high school are getting a taste of the high life this week.

People attending monthly sittings at a central North Island courthouse could be killed or injured, and prisoners could escape, according to a newly released security probe into the out-of-action…

Hawke's Bay business owners unable to open since Cyclone Gabrielle struck say they are paying the price as they lose customers and income.

Clean-up costs to fix the battered roads in the eastern Tararua District of the lower North Island could hit $100 million.

The opening date of the new highway between Manawatū and Hawke's Bay has been delayed until mid-2025.

Survivors of abuse in state care say suggestions they could face delays in receiving redress are an insult. Audio

The Māori All Blacks are one of New Zealand's top sports teams and national Māori cricket teams could soon walk out on to the park too.

Fruity, zesty, glazed, or with chocolate - it's time to decide which hot cross bun deserves to be crowned the country's best.

Palmerston North Hospital's long-awaited new mental health ward is facing a multimillion-dollar budget blowout.

For decades a former patient of the notorious Lake Alice child and adolescent unit could not return to the site where she was abused.

Roads remain closed and communities are still cleaning up the muddy mess left by Cyclone Gabrielle in the North Island's Tararua District, which remained under a state of emergency until late last…

The company that operates Mt Ruapehu's ski slopes has announced it will sell winter season passes for 2023.

Puketapu is alive with the sounds of diggers scraping silt and people dragging flood-damaged items from their homes. Audio

Days after their properties were inundated with rapidly rising floodwater, residents are returning to devastating scenes.