Jean Bell

The Waihi Beach community in Bay of Plenty is in shock after a woman died after being attacked a shark late yesterday afternoon. Emergency services were called to Waihi Beach soon after 5pm after… Audio

There are fears more and more people will be locked out of the New Zealand property market in the coming year. In December, house prices grew at a record rate for the second consecutive month… Audio

The arrival of a new highly contagious strain of Covid-19 in New Zealand is being closely watched by public health experts. So far, six cases of the recently indentified UK variant - which is up to… Audio

The disputed whenua has been occupied by the Save Our Unique Landscape group - or SOUL - since 2015.

Located next to the Ōtuataua Stonefields Historic Reserve in Māngere - it is a significant… Audio

The remaining families at risk of extreme weather in the Bay of Plenty settlement of Matata have finally and reluctantly agreed to leave their homes. Whakatane District Council has been buying… Audio

Tears were shed this morning as iwi Ngati Awa led a dawn karakia in Whakatane this morning to commemorate one year since the Whakaari eruption.

And shortly about one hundred people will flow into the… Audio

A Whakatane local says the town will never forget the Whakaari eruption, but the community is looking for the positives following the tragedy. Today marks one year since the volcano erupted, leading… Audio

Families of people who died in the Whakaari/White Island eruption say it has been a battle to get grief counselling following the tragedy.

The government is promising to roll out greater mental… Audio

A group of Eastern Bay of Plenty mental health professionals will be offering free counselling sessions around the one year anniversary of the Whakaari/White Island eruption.

Clinical psychologist… Audio

Extended family members of those who died in the Whakaari White Island Eruption say it has been a Battle to get Grief Counselling following the tragedy. The Government is promising to roll out greater… Audio

A South Auckland councillor is calling for more youth workers in the area after a series of shootings during the weekend. There were six gang-related incidents in Otara on Friday and Saturday - five… Video, Audio

There are fresh calls for elected Māori representatives on Auckland Council, 10 years after the supercity was formed.

The Royal Commission - which recommended the amalgamation a decade ago also… Audio

The positive community case, a woman, in her 20s, works at A-Z Collections on High Street. 

Anyone who went there between half-past-ten in the morning and half-past six at night on Sunday, Monday, or… Audio

Auckland is once again on high alert for Covid-19 after a central city resident tested positive for the virus with no clear link to managed isolation or the border.

Anyone who works in the CBD has… Audio

A medicinal cannabis company is relieved the cannabis referendum went up in smoke, saying more research into the drug is needed.

Dozens of industry members gathered in Auckland yesterday 10 November… Audio

A medicinal cannabis company says the results of the recent cannabis referendum won't pull the rug out from under its business.

The cannabis referendum recently failed by a slim margin. A little over… Audio

A marathon Auckland Council independent hearing into the proposed development of a controversial dump near Warkworth has got underway this morning,

The mooted Dome Valley Dump has attracted… Audio

A woman stuck in Singapore, desperately trying to be reunited with her fiancé in New Zealand, says getting a flight that works with a managed isolation spot is all down to luck.

Aziela Cheong has… Audio

A decade on and Auckland's supercity is still as contentious as ever.

Yesterday marked 10 years since seven district councils and a regional council were merged into one governing body.

The shakeup… Audio

A Northland woman says the remote location where a police officer was shot at would have made the ordeal even more terrifying.

The police say early on Tuesday morning two men with guns approached a… Audio