Stories by Niva Chittock

A Christchurch city councillor wants the Local Government Minister to help reverse a decision to chlorinate the city's drinking water.

The company behind a waste-to-energy proposal in Canterbury is "very pleased" it can proceed to the public consultation stage after being rejected twice in 2022.

More than 150 Canterbury households have been boiling their water for the last 18 months - and they want compensation.

An inquiry into a fatal school caving trip in Whangārei will focus on why it went ahead despite heavy rain and thunderstorm warnings, a former WorkSafe investigator says.

Whangārei Boys' High School had been aware the caving network where a student's body has been found was prone to flooding and had done a detailed risk assessment plan.

Church services, tree plantings and 21-gun salutes marked King Charles' Coronation in Aotearoa.

Parking troubles at Christchurch Hospital are set to continue for at least another year.

Health officials have apologised to people in North Canterbury for failing to tell them their badly needed after-hours clinic has been delayed again.

A new report into the country's freshwater has found poor water quality is affecting people and the environment. Audio

Hedgehogs have been wiped out on a chunk of Canterbury's coast, thanks to a community conservation project and a dog with a great nose.

Christchurch has run out of indoor sports courts, with multiple netball and basketball competitions forced to play outside of the district.

A new boiler system cuts Christchurch Hospital's carbon emissions by more than 50 percent, Te Whatu Ora Waitaha says.

A report on Napier's contaminated Awatoto industrial area showed hazards including human waste, animal waste, blood, offal, bone, trade waste, motor and hydraulic oil, sulphuric acid, insecticides -…

People living in a contaminated street in Napier are anxiously waiting to find out exactly how dangerous it is.

More than a month on, Civil Defence says numbers have gone from 2000 in emergency accommodation to just 20.

State Highway 5 from Napier to Taupō was extensively damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle and still has 32 sites to be repaired.

One month on from Cyclone Gabrielle, some in Hawke's Bay remain without power - but the lights are slowly coming back on.

Bagpipes and drums are ringing out in Christchurch's streets for the 2023 New Zealand and South Pacific Pipe Band Championships.

RSE workers have arrived in Auckland from Vanuatu on the first flight out after the country was struck by two cyclones within 48 hours.

A group of Kāpiti kairaranga (weavers) say more education is needed for councils across the motu on caring for native plants. Video

The Parole Board chair believes incorrect information from Corrections prevented a convicted rapist, who murdered his neighbour while on parole, from being placed in a rehabilitation centre.

Scientists believe rising sea temperatures may entice more harmful algal blooms from the sub-tropics to New Zealand's shores.

More than 40 brewers from across the country will descend on Christchurch's Hagley Park this weekend, for the annual Great Kiwi Beer Festival.

Being given a whole new body might sound like something from a sci-fi movie but a New Zealander says a new genetic treatment has felt just like that.

Te Whatu Ora Waitaha says it does not know when a decision will be made on whether to proceed with an overdue extension to an existing secure parking building at Christchurch Hospital.