Stories by Lucy Xia

Poor design and maintenance of drains is the main reason behind the extent of damage caused by recent weather events, Muriwai residents on Auckland's west coast say.

They want Auckland Council to fix their blocked drains and take faster action to protect them from future flooding events.

Fire and Emergency said it believed the fire was deliberately lit, and people near the scene have told RNZ they heard an explosion after seeing a group of young people running from the carpark.

Residents and businesses in the Waikato settlement are worried about the impact of the closures, as Waka Kotahi begins fixing an underslip on SH31.

National security checks have created long delays for some Chinese PhD students wanting to study in New Zealand.

An elderly West Auckland couple face many months of living in a storm-damaged house after the Anniversary Weekend flood wrecked walls and a tree punched a hole through the roof. Audio

First Union says their former employer, Rehua Reo Contracting, effectively forced them to quit by stopping wages late last year.

Stats NZ says 2.6 million people had participated in this year's census as of yesterday's midnight deadline.

Church leaders and local politicians gave speeches and prayers, and people walked to the site where Joshuah Tasi died to pay their respects.

Some residents from Auckland's Muriwai, displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle, have been staying at a makeshift caravan park for the past two weeks.

A kitty of portable cabins is on standby to provide a roof over the head for people displaced in Auckland's flooding.

Five cliff-side houses on the Āwhitu Peninsula have been evacuated after a bach was destroyed in a slip, injuring three people.

Lunar New Year festivities kicked off over the weekend in Auckland, as members of the Asian diaspora usher in the Year of the Rabbit.

On the streets of the prime minister's electorate, people said the announcement had come like a bolt from the blue.

Nearly 40 percent of Pacific people in New Zealand live in crowded homes, almost four times that of the general population, according to a new report.

It has been 100 days since the country's newly-elected mayors rolled up their sleeves and started working on their campaign promises.

One of the last remaining veterans who served in the Royal Air Force's Bomber Command in World War II turns 100 on Wednesday.

Asian seniors need culturally appropriate support, Age Concern says, and it is struggling to get government funding to help.

A child critically injured in a vehicle incident in South Auckland is believed to have been run over by a car backing out of a driveway.

Thirteen motels have been given the green light to continue as contracted emergency accommodation.

Health practitioners and experts are concerned that Te Whatu Ora has failed to address Asian health needs in its latest plan.

Hundreds of people from the Chinese community gathered for a vigil at Aotea Square last night to mourn the lives lost under China's stringent Covid-19 lockdowns and to call for an end to the country's…

An interpreter spun a "web of lies" to cheat the immigration system through fabricating a series of asylum claims, a court has been told.

Sara Chin is encouraging young Asian Kiwi women to get checked for breast cancer if concerned after being diagnosed at just 31.

Only 10 percent of migrant exploitation complaints received by the Labour Inspectorate in the past year were investigated, data from the MBIE shows.