Stories by Jonathan Mitchell

Defence Force personnel stationed overseas are as far flung as Iraq, Antarctica and South Korea, but they'll still be adding some Kiwi flavour to their festivities. Video

Four percent of people experience nearly half of all crime each year - and those victims are most likely to be young, Māori and single, according to the Crime and Victim Survey.

Frustrated carers took to the picket lines today to protest over what they say are zero-hour contracts.

Samoa's measles epidemic and national efforts to immunise have put Red Cross workers under huge pressure as the death toll continues to rise.

A Pasifika woman now living in Flaxmere in Hawke's Bay is thankful she escaped a mouldy and damp rental property nightmare that was meant to be her first slice of Kiwi paradise.

Military historians are up in arms because there's still no permanent home for the New Zealand Defence Force Library collection.

A case that has gripped the nation for nearly three decades continued in the country's highest court today, two months after the death of the man at the centre of it all.

Epilepsy New Zealand is urging authorities to immediately halt a drug switch following the death of three people.

Levin residents are staunchly defending the safety of their town despite the horrific attack of a 90-year-old woman in her home.

A helpline for Defence Force veterans is warning lives could be at risk because it has cut back its level of service.

A woman known as the "black widow" may have to go to the High Court to get body samples of her dead husband released so they can be tested in Australia.

A woman who was sexually harassed in the Air Force by a sergeant is trying to over-turn a High Court ruling that denied her compensation.

A Defence Force inquiry will hear evidence from key personnel over documents that were locked in a safe and forgotten about.

A now defunct heli-logging company claims the Civil Aviation Authority misled it when applying to fly new helicopters.

New evidence has forced the Operation Burnham inquiry to suspend the hearing which is investigating claims of civilian deaths in a New Zealand-led raid in Afghanistan in 2010.

A former Defence Force chief has admitted he could have been clearer immediately after the publication of the book Hit and Run, when he wrongly called its allegations "unfounded".

A senior military official says he could have been purposely misled by an American counterpart about casualties after a raid in Afghanistan.

The former Defence Force chief has admitted providing inaccurate information to the Beehive about allegations of civilian deaths during an SAS-led raid in Afghanistan.

Present and past top brass within the New Zealand Defence Force will be grilled at an inquiry into a raid in Afghanistan nearly a decade ago.

Wellington renters say they've had enough of exorbitant prices and hunting for properties in an overheated market.

More complaints are coming in about the poor treatment of Wellington in-home care clients.

The daughter of an 84-year-old-woman went on social media this week to criticise a lack of care her mum has been receiving from the Nurse Maude organisation.

Politicians have been told New Zealand's "racist" refugee policy must change towards Middle Eastern and African people.

The Defence Force's old Hercules fleet was grounded three times overseas this year because of faults.

Petitions were presented to the Health Select Committee at Parliament today calling for a range of medicines to be funded. Video