Stories by Kate Green

Organisers have been calling for witnesses after a number of allegations were raised.

Local ratepayers dispute the local council's version of flooding and erosion risk along the coast.

The greenhouse, built in 1960 to house exotic plants at the city's Botanic Gardens, faced demolition as the council sought to save money as part of its long-term plan amendment. Audio

The begonia house in Wellington's Botanic Gardens has been given a second chance at survival. Audio

The future of nearly a third of all huts and tracks managed by the Department of Conservation is in limbo, as the agency faces a 30 percent shortfall in funding to maintain them. Audio

The school's biggest teaching block was pronounced earthquake-prone last year

People are being asked to come forward with names of anyone they saw engaging in public sex or masturbation at New Zealand's version of the Burning Man festival.

The man entered no plea when he appeared in the High Court in Wellington, charged with attempted murder.

It's hard to find closure when the culprit is still out there, victim's niece says: "The fact that he's died in the way that he has died is constantly in your thoughts."

Artificial intelligence is making conservation efforts faster and easier in the fight for total pest eradication, with new traps able to tell predator from protected species.

From Antarctic rescues to combat zones to crocodile relocations, the fleet clocked up 155,000 hours of flight time and 100,000 landings.

Police say they want to hear from anyone with information relating to the bush fire in Whitby on Wednesday afternoon, including CCTV or dashcam footage.

"I just sensed there was going to be danger when I saw him walk up the stairs to her house", Emma Nguyen says of the attack that left Destiny Otton-Rakuraku, 34, with severe burns

The lollies containing a "potentially lethal dose" of methamphetamine were unknowingly distributed in food parcels in August 2024.

The fire burnt had environmental and financial consequences in an internationally recognised conservation area.

A committee charged with making changes is intent on trusting "local voices" and building collaboration across the region.

The Postal Workers Union is concerned a new directive from NZ Post will mean less mail is getting where it needs to go.

Parliament's justice committee is set to learn how many submissions were made on the Treaty Principles Bill after the deadline was extended by nearly a week after website issues.

The man who escaped police custody outside the Taupō District Court has a history of sleeping rough and stealing boats, say police.

A major chunk of SH1 is shutting for major maintenance. Audio

It is an offence under the Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978 to disturb, harass, harm, injure or kill a sperm whale.

"You don't want to be arriving at the airport and stressing out while you're trying to check in," an expert says. Audio

Experts are concerned about changes to content moderation and an end to third-party fact checking on social media platform Meta.

From cliff-scaling skinks to takahē on tramping tracks.

The largest solar storm on record lit up skies around the globe in the 1850s - but New Zealand, a technological backwater, escaped the worst of it.