Stories by Amy Williams

A woman convicted of smuggling in Asiatic black bear bile from China was already on her third warning for bringing in specimens of other threatened and endangered species.

Australia's domestic spy agency has given a frank and unprecedented account of foreign interference within its borders that national security experts say applies here too.

Politicians who have appeared on Dancing with the Stars over the past 15 years say the publicity could backfire for would-be politician Hannah Tamaki if she puts on her dancing shoes.

A passenger who was on board the Cambodian cruise cut short by the cornavirus outbreak has arrived back in the country to find she did not need her temperature checked.

For the first time a woman will appear today in a New Zealand court accused of smuggling in Asiatic black bear bile from China.

A chronic shortage of family doctors in Northland means some patients turning up at Whangarei Hospital's emergency department are sent away with a voucher for the city's private emergency clinic.

Friends of a cancer patient have rallied to rent billboards in Auckland to help fundraise for a cancer treatment he needs that's not funded in New Zealand.

It is costing some property owners $700 to truck in 10,000 litres of water - $300 more than last season and holidaymakers have been affected.

Whakatāne hospital doctors, nurses and specialists are taking stress leave after the horror of last week's deadly eruption at Whakaari / White Island. Audio

The bus company at the centre of Auckland's industrial disputes has brought in 28 drivers from the Philippines so far this year.

Thousands of commuters in Auckland will be affected again tomorrow, with the latest negotiations between the bus drivers' union and their employer failing to reach an agreement.

Auckland teenagers who campaigned to save a bus route four years ago have re-grouped as young men to save it again.

Speed limits around the country's schools will be reduced to make streets safer for students, and more speed cameras are planned to enforce the change.

Secondary school principals around the country are increasingly worried by delays to regulate the vaping industry.

A long-running community festival in the Prime Minister's electorate has had the plug pulled to make way for traffic to events in other parts of Auckland on the same day - including a cruise ship's…

Motorists have been rushing to petrol pumps ahead of an expected hike in fuel prices in coming days.

School nurses are finally being signed off as vaccinators, so that 17,000 or so Auckland high school students who may not have had the MMR jab can now get one.

High school principals are worried about the pressure on students preparing for upcoming national exams amidst an escalating measles outbreak in Auckland.

More than 800 people in Auckland have now caught the measles, but health authorities are warning the measles outbreak in Auckland has not yet reached its peak.

The Department of Conservation says no-one has been prosecuted for stealing moa bones from public conservation land despite a number of investigations over the last five years.

New Zealand has voted against giving new international trade protections to endangered mako sharks at a world wildlife conference.

A new dieting app that aims to curb childhood obesity is attracting controversy from health experts, with some warning it's a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Owha the marauding leopard seal is somewhat a local legend in Auckland's Upper Waitemata Harbour, where she has made the wharf and marina her home for the past five winters.

Some historians are concerned New Zealand's public libraries and museums are being priced out of buying national treasures by private investors snapping up items from the country's early history. Video

One week into a nationwide strike by psychologists working for the public health system, at least one mental health service for children and adolescents has been put on hold.