Stories by Ashleigh McCaull

Wellington City Council is considering selling its airport shares as it works out a way to pay for its long term plan.

Residents are clashing over Wellington City Council's proposal to allow dogs off their leashes on the beach during off-peak hours in summer.

A former student who was groomed and sexually abused by her teacher wants teachers banned from talking to students on social media.

There has been almost 150 reports of inappropriate sexual relationships between teachers and students in schools in the last six years. Audio

Frustration is growing at Wellington City Council after a meeting behind closed doors to discuss the future of the Reading Cinemas building.

Three Otago university students have travelled to Queenstown to help clear a property that was red-stickered after heavy rains.

With podcasts, online classes, kapa haka and kōhanga reo all around the world, whānau living overseas are doing their best to keep te wiki o te reo Māori thriving. Video

Wellington's weather has come under fire, with a popular suggestion that spring in the capital is so cruddy it should be renamed, but researchers say the data does not support a change.

An Auckland University waka ama team full of first-time competitors will be competing at the world's largest long distance canoe race in Hawaii this week.

Those concerned about vaping restrictions say the measures proposed by Labour today are not good enough - and might not even happen. Audio

Vape Free Kids wants restrictions on vape flavour names, and for the products to only be available from pharmacies.

Seven-year-old Sophia Wheddon had a question for politicians - she wanted to know how they were going to save the world from climate change. Audio

They geared up for their last training session together as a squad at Porirua's Titahi Bay Boating Club.

Non-Māori science teachers are questioning how they will teach mātauranga Māori in a proposed new curriculum.

Retailers in the capital want a rethink of plans to stop people from driving and parking their cars on Wellington's golden mile.

Whānau in cyclone devastated areas are now turning their attention towards Matariki in a move to help the community reflect on the past and look forward to the future.

Residents in a Bay of Plenty town are fed up with their rusty brown tap water, which they say is nasty to drink, dirties washing and causes skin irritations. Audio

Māori impacted by last week's land categorisation in Hawke's Bay say they've got a huge choice to make: stay on their whenua or leave.

The former director-general of health was knighted this morning by the governor-general in recognition of his service to public health during the Covid-19 pandemic for two-and-a-half years.

Curiosity got the better of a whānau who ended up saving the life of a kererū stuck out at sea.

Campaigners are calling for tighter restrictions on illegal sexual content online to stop children being accidentally exposed to internet pornography.

Residents of the Wellington hostel are struggling to piece their lives back together as they come to grips with losing everything in Tuesday morning's blaze.

Water has been fully restored to Porirua after a valve broke last night, causing five other pipes to burst.

The weather is clearing in Bay of Plenty, but residents are still fearful that more rain could catch them off guard.

Two Kiwi collegiate rugby players are celebrating as their American university reached victory for the first time ever, in any national sporting event.