Jimmy Ellingham

The contingency measures include plans to move patients to Rotorua Hospital if staff shortages forced Taupō's clinic to close. Audio

Health NZ says not enough people were treated there and staff would be better deployed elsewhere. Audio

Rauaroha Segar House in Auckland offers a publicly funded intensive programme for people with long-standing or chronic mental health problems.

A leading advocate for junior doctors says she is dreading the day when a hospital worker is killed. Audio

Bryan and Jo Guy say their lives are now divided into two parts - before Scott was killed and after. Audio

The spend on fill-in medical staff is rising fast, leading a frontline doctor and the senior doctors' union to voice frustration. Audio

Carers who look after New Zealand's elderly workers are among the country's lowest-paid employees. Audio

New correspondence shows it gave notice to leave the facility before public consultation began, Ingrid Leary says. Audio

Jeff Fox shapes history into flight, one $20,000 propeller at a time. Audio

Organisers of the disruptive event say there is no where else for street racers to go.

"Matter of time until someone dies" - Staff at two rural Waikato hospitals are worried about their own safety and that of patients. Audio

The only staff member at the notorious Lake Alice child and adolescent unit to face prosecution over the horrors at the Rangitīkei institution in the 1970s has died.

RNZ has obtained a heavily redacted Department of Corrections report into the day, which reveals bad behaviour from some of the women began at the Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility.

Experts have raised concerns about parole conditions that ban Mark Lundy from media interviews and social media. Audio

Private investigators looking for an American aviation student missing from Palmerston North for more than a week say he has been found. Audio

The travelling wagon in memory of her late grandson was bought with compensation for her torture at Lake Alice.

Health NZ did not say when a final decision would be made. Audio

Palmerston North chef Ashlee Savea swapped gourmet plates for purpose, feeding teens at a youth facility with just $20 a day.

Karilyn Wildbore wanted the former justice minister to admit she was wrong telling the United Nations there was no "state torture" in NZ.

"We totally understand the suffering and pain that Ryan's family are going through. It's a parent's worst nightmare."

Palmerston North teen Ryan Satterthwaite died after playing a Run It-style game this week. Audio

Palmerston North Hospital's two part-time neurologists are on leave, leaving doctors to consult with specialist in Wellington.

Rauaroha Segar House is a vital service for people who otherwise fall through the cracks, staff say.

One staff member says he wasn't able to pay his rent. Audio

The regional council says work is being done to clear the waterway, but one resident says until that happens she will get nervous every time the river level rises.