Rachel Graham

A new WHO report shows there are now four countries which have meet all of its anti-smoking best practice measures - but New Zealand hasn't made the list.

It falls short in one area - the promotion… Audio

Forensic investigators are combing a Christchurch property that missing real estate agent Yanfei Bao was due to show a potential buyer. The 44-year-old has been missing for almost a week after she… Video, Audio

Friends and family of missing a Christchurch Real Estate Agent have turned up to court to see the man charged with her kidnapping. Despite the arrest there is still no sign of Yanfei Bao, who has now… Video, Audio

The North Canterbury community is reeling after five people died in road crashes in just three days.. Two of the accident spots are three minutes drive from each other. On Friday afternoon a school… Audio

A scathing report has flagged concerns about prisoners' rights in jails around the country. Almost a third of inmates have been separated from others for extended periods of time, with some spending… Audio

The Coroner's hearing looking into whether a Queenstown man and his step-son are dead has today been told the boy's family believe the pair are alive and living overseas under assumed identities.

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"I want to come home dad, get me out please - help". Emails from 11-year-old Mike Zhou-Beckenridge to his stepfather John Beckenridge before the pair disappeared eight years ago, have been read out in… Video, Audio

The mystery disappearance of a man and his stepson has made it to court, to determine whether the pair are alive or dead.

John Beckenridge and his 11-year-old stepson Mike Zhou-Beckenridge have been… Video, Audio

A Coroner's hearing has been told a man who went missing in 2015 with his 11-year-old step-son was very controlling and possessive. John Beckenridge and his son Mike Zhou-Beckenridge disappeared in… Audio

The Coroner will this week look into whether a Queenstown man and his step-son are dead or just missing since their 2015 disappearance.

In 2015 John Beckenridge took his 11-year old stepson Mike… Audio

A jury must decide if a young Christchurch mother was murdered in a contract killing, or if the man who admitted to her murder is a liar trying to make himself look better.

In 1995, 21-year old… Audio

Residents in the Christchurch suburb of Avondale are filled with dread whenever they see a weather forecast for rain. 

People in Newport Street and Tenby Place say when it starts raining they fear… Audio

The father of one of the 29 men who died in the Pike River Mine hopes a High Court decision will change the justice system.

Bernie Monk believes there's an abuse of legal privilege, and he wants to… Audio

Join us for a weekly round-up of the news! Plus an explainer going a little bit more in depth. This week - What is an electric car and why are they increasingly popular?  Audio

A lack of anaesthetic technicians in Canterbury is being put down to a toxic work environment, shortage of trained staff and overwhelming workloads.

Only 73 percent of planned surgeries are currently… Audio

The Prime Minister Chris Hipkins today announced an additional three hundred and one million dollar boost for the rebuild of earthquake damaged Christchurch schools, and said the programme in… Video, Audio

Five competitors in the Southern Lakes Ultra Marathon are in hospital with mild hypothermia, and one with moderate injuries, after a mass rescue began in the Macetown area near Arrowtown in the early… Audio

The parents of a New Zealand aid worker killed in Ukraine say they're struggling to cope with his death, but are very proud of what he has done.

Andrew Bagshaw had been delivering humanitarian aid… Audio

It's more than a decade since the Canterbury earthquakes, but how far has the Christchurch rebuild come? Audio