Stories by Soumya Bhamidipati

The scientists argue it would build capacity needed to respond to future pandemics and better manage existing infectious disease threats.

A nine-year-old boy has spent the night in hospital after being hit in the head with a shovel as he was leaving a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland on Sunday.

The proposed Long Term Plan could see budget cuts in multiple areas.

Twenty-five inmates moved because of prison staff shortages in Wellington remain in either Auckland or Christchurch.

The Court of Appeal has ruled lawyers for the man convicted of murdering Ben Smart and Olivia Hope can include extra expert evidence in his appeal next year.

A prisoner who was assaulted by another person in jail twice has failed in his latest bid to hold Corrections responsible.

The builders behind Transmission Gully are taking Waka Kotahi to court over a dispute over quality checks and unfinished footpaths, road surfaces, cycleways.

The woman was more than five months pregnant when she was arrested while driving a car carrying two passengers and 500 grams of meth.

It is 31 October, which means all over the country zombies, witches and ghosts will tonight take to the streets to celebrate Halloween. Audio

Lawyers for the man convicted of murdering Ben Smart and Olivia Hope are being asked to explain why they should be allowed to introduce fresh evidence for his appeal.

Northern Territory is offering New Zealanders A$25,000, higher pay and a lower cost of living to work in their prisons.

The lawyer for a man who raped and sexually offended against six girls when they were all teenagers says the court should put the man's rights over those of his victims.

A victims' advocate says the case, being heard at the Supreme Court on Thursday, could set a precedent. Audio

A judge is deciding whether the man charged with murder and arson over the Loafer's Lodge fire in Wellington should continue to have name suppression.

Two men who entered a Wellington primary school and took videos of children six weeks ago still haven't been caught.

The professional engineering body can take disciplinary action against the man whose company designed the CTV building, a judge has ruled.

A section of State Highway 1 will close this week as crews try to retrieve a rolled truck without contaminating Lake Taupō.

Gisborne District Council says it is investigating the "very unfortunate incident".

Wellington's Victoria University is axing 229 jobs and cutting six language and geo-science courses in an effort to save money.

Te Pūkenga will axe 450 jobs and let a further 350 fixed-term contracts expire, under its revised restructure plan.

Kim Dotcom is fighting a judge's decision that would see his hard-drives and passwords released to the United States' FBI.

The man responsible for the design of the CTV building, in which 115 people were killed, has been accused by the professional body for engineers of trying to dodge disciplinary processes.

Hawke's Bay's five councils must unanimously agree on the government's offer to help buy out cyclone-damaged homes for the proposal to go ahead.

The mother of a man killed in an Auckland shooting last week says he was a person full of love.

A dispute between the contractors behind Transmission Gully has been settled out of court, two years after legal action began.