Stories by Lauren Crimp

Wellington is the country's rainbow capital according to new Census data, and an LGBTTQIA+ advocate says that may be encouraging.

Census data has revealed one in 20 New Zealand adults identify as LGBTIQ+, or part of the rainbow community.

A group of climate protesters clashed with resources minister Shane Jones in central Wellington today, when he happened to walk by their march down Lambton Quay.

The woman charged with murdering an elderly Wellington resident has lost her fight for name suppression - but it will remain secret for now.

Ruapehu will blow again in the next 50 years - and what that'll look like is "really uncertain".

Whānau with loved ones buried at an Upper Hutt cemetery are upset someone has moved dozens of vases of flowers from headstones.

A woman charged with the murder of an elderly Wellington resident in January will face trial by jury in June 2025.

The country's only for-profit registered community housing provider says a person living in a car would not care whether their new home is built by a company rather than a charity.

The government is celebrating the decline, saying emergency housing is not safe for families to live long-term.

Health ministers' comments prove the Crown knew it breached legally binding agreements to improve midwives' pay and contracts, a lawyer has told the court.

A government lawyer said there was a "shared aspiration" for change, but that was not a concrete agreement to change pay or contracts.

Wellington's emergency management has been working with communities to ready them for the big one - the quake and subsequent tsunami that will turn towns, cities and lives upside down.

A review a flood that hit 400 homes in Wairoa has criticised Hawke's Bay Regional Council, with locals calling council staff "patronising" and "technocratic". Audio

An Auckland bus driver is "badly shaken" after being punched in the face on the job on Saturday, leaving him with stitches and a broken tooth, a union says.

Prioritising walking and cycling would improve overall health and save the health system money, new research shows.

Even more drastic change than the grocery commissioner's plans to ramp up regulation and enforcement is needed, Consumer NZ says

Auckland alone has secured $8.4b from the government - more than twice as much as the entire South Island.

The call comes as Minister for Disability Issues Louise Upston has announced a shake-up for Whaikaha, including a freeze on funding for facilities that look after disabled people.

The government doesn't know where they've gone - but an advocate says it's likely nowhere good.

Patched Mongrel Mob members performed a haka in regional council chambers to celebrate a decision to keep Māori wards.

Explainer - The changes making it harder to get into emergency housing, and harder to stay in.

With little affordable housing available, ministers were told changes could see more people living on streets and in cars, documents reveal. Audio

Blake Wilson was a "goody good" and the dramatic circumstances of his death don't make sense, a coworker says.

The boy's family has reported the attack to police while Ashburton College says the behaviour is "completely unacceptable".

He was shot in the torso and sliced in the head on Tuesday night.