Stories by Sharon Brettkelly

In 2024 more voters than ever in history are heading to the polls, but one of the most extraordinary elections happened this week 

Kiwi holiday makers have been air-lifted from New Caledonia, but what kind of mess have they left behind?

Former charter schools are expressing caution about David Seymour's revival plans

Do influencers and celebrities with large social media followings have a responsibility to speak out on political and other issues? 

Energy experts doubt New Zealand will ever get to 100 percent renewable, and say incentives and rewards are the answer to bridging the gap

Fans fear Shortland Street's 32 years of soapy drama could be coming to a close if TVNZ's cost-cutting knife hovers over it for too long 
 

A vital part of our healthcare - palliative care - has been sidelined by our health system, largely because we don't like to talk about dying

On Great Barrier Island the media landscape is bucking the national trend - it's flourishing 

KiwiRail's future could be veering more towards mothballs than mega-ferries, but the government's not sending out any hints

New technology available to abuse victims aims to change the figures on unreported sexual assaults.

From harem pants to scandalous hemlines, Auckland Library's latest exhibition showcases what we wore in the 1950s through 1990s

The beauty industry in New Zealand is a wild west devoid of regulation, and the price people are paying can take the form of scars, burns and infections.

The lights are on, the beds are ready, but no patients have stepped inside a brand new $320 million surgical hospital built on Auckland's North Shore. 

A Victim Support worker on what it's like to support victims on their worst days.

Two fact-finding projects on children and poverty are under attack by public service cost cutting. 

Snow season is fast approaching but the North Island's only commercial skiing mountain has an uncertain future

Today from The Detail: When the money dries up, gains made by a wave of Covid-inspired funding are likely to be lost.

A team of New Zealand scientists has just returned from studying the sea ice factories in Antarctica, in a joint expedition with Italy

The first of our athletes to wear the silver fern in Paris have been announced 

It was a skin-of-your-teeth operation from the start, and Newshub's 35 year old life looks to be ending with multi-million dollar losses presided over by off-shore owners 

At festivals, a volunteer-based service runs quality-control on illegal drugs.

A life-changing diagnostic device tested on sheep in New Zealand is about to be trialled on humans 

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case against some of New Zealand's biggest polluters in what some describe as judicial activism

A $90 million housing fund promises to tackle the Bay of Plenty's housing crisis
 

The convoluted legal troubles of former -- and maybe future -- US President Donald Trump are playing out in court rooms across America