Kim Baker Wilson

The New Zealand Rugby Union has paid several thousand dollars to a woman who was hit by shrapnel when fireworks exploded at an All Blacks test match.

The sudden death of an inmate at the troubled Mt Eden Prison is unfortunate but not surprising, the union for prison guards says.

Friends of four-year-old Maggie Watson attend a candlelight vigil following her death, as her grandparents mourn their 'angel'.

An inmate is considering legal action after he had his skull fractured and other bones broken in prison, his lawyer says. Audio

The consultant who analysed data on the Auckland property market for the Labour Party says critics are reading the data wrongly.

St John wants to know why three of its paramedics fell ill while treating a man who had taken drugs at a south Auckland shopping mall. Audio

Advertising on the internet is tipped to overtake television advertising in the next two years, as growth in digital media continues to soar.

An Auckland father has been back in the High Court in the latest chapter of his landmark case against bible instruction in schools.

The Prime Minister says the likelihood of passing a lucrative free trade deal with the Gulf Cooperation Council is better than it was before his visit. Audio

The Prime Minister says he was not able to specifically raise women's rights in talks with Saudi Arabian leaders but did raise wider human rights concerns. Audio

The Prime Minister is about to embark on the second - and most controversial - stage of his trade push in the Gulf states, where his position on human rights will be in the spotlight. Audio

The Prime Minister has wasted little time trying to drum up support for a valuable free trade deal with Gulf states on his visit to the region.

Prime Minister John Key has given his approval to the massive security operation at Gallipoli ahead of the dawn service in Turkey.

Of the 760 men who reached the summit, of Chunuk Bair only 70 came back unscathed. The rest were hurt or killed.

Organisers of an overnight camp in Auckland commemorating the Anzac Centenary are at a loss to explain why it proved so unpopular here. Video

Radio New Zealand reporter Kim Baker Wilson reflects on a dramatic, and occasionally traumatic, time reporting from storm-ravaged Vanuatu. Video

The children's charity UNICEF is preparing for what could be an influx of malnourished children at Port Vila's hospital.

Space researchers at AUT University say their massive telescope dish is already letting them do things they could never do before. Video

A top New Zealand-based heart surgeon has been arrested and released at Singapore's border in a case of mistaken identity.

Extra ambulances, paramedics and emergency call centre staff will be on hand across the country tonight to cope with the throngs of people seeing in 2015.

The staff behind Auckland's rescue helicopters had a problem when they decided they needed a flight simulator to help train their pilots - there was nothing available. Video

Almost 250 people gathered in Auckland to break the world record for a moving line of people in wheelchairs.

Former Australian Prime Minster Julia Gillard steered clear of New Zealand politics in an address in Auckland last night, but continued her push for better treatment of women. Video

Trade Minister Tim Groser is promising fresh trade talks with China if its new trade deal with Australia is better than the agreement with New Zealand that took effect in 2008. Audio