Stories by Charlotte Cook

The government's given the go-ahead for a new highway to replace the Manawatū Gorge road, much to the relief of residents of Ashhurst.

Those who work with bereaved parents say more needs to be done to help them and are calling for a national bereavement strategy.

Councillor Steve Bielski is not backing down from his anti-Muslim outburst at a recent council meeting.

A Christchurch mayoral candidate is campaigning on environmental sustainability, but some of his hospitality businesses don't recycle.

Horowhenua locals are still in limbo nearly a decade on from promises of an expressway to replace a dangerous stretch of State Highway 1 north of Wellington.

Poor ticket sales may have played a part in the postponement of this year's military tattoo, despite Palmerston North City Council saying it was delayed due to the mosque attacks.

The Chief Ombudsman has found that an Auckland school has woefully mishandled three serious bullying complaints.

A marketing professor says New Zealand vape users shouldn't panic following the first e-cigarette death in the United States.

Victims' advocates are calling for sexual violence courts to be funded nation-wide after a two-year trial found they cut wait times and were less traumatic for complainants.

A chronic bus driver shortage continues to plague the Capital's peak hours services.

Just "one or two bad apples" in the boy racer community ruin the perception of everyone, police say. Video

Residents of Foxton Beach are concerned that rising water and further erosion of the estuary could expose the old rubbish dump.

A 91-year-old man who has depended - in life and love - on the Manawatū Gorge road for 70 years has today delivered to Parliament his hand-collected petition to save it.

A New Zealand tattoo artist who took explicit photos of his client's thigh tattoo and then shared them in a group chat using demeaning language has sparked a global movement.

A man has made a brief appearance in court after a road roller was driven into a number of cars in Upper Hutt at around 12.25am today. Video

A Kiwi Olympian says Chinese swimmer Sun Yang, who was previously convicted of using a performance enhancing drug, should have been banned for life.

The removal of a suicide scene from the Netflix drama 13 Reasons Why is being called the right thing to do, but mental health advocates say the damage has already been done.

Department of Conservation rangers are on high alert for 'penguin call-outs' after they've been spotted waddling around Wellington. Video

Single use plastic bags have a useful lifespan of just a few minutes to begin with, but from Monday they won't have one at all.

Wellington has become the latest city to declare a climate emergency, and councillors have also been considering a new strategy to make the city carbon neutral by 2050.

A Lower Hutt councillor has been accused of a conflict of interest after the council gave more than $1 million to a tennis association headed by his wife.

More and more of Wairarapa's rolling green pastures are being blanket-planted with pine trees, which rural communities warn are killing their way of life.

Student leaders from the University of Otago's Knox College wrote a letter to hostel managers two years ago telling them sexual assault complaints were not being handled properly.

A former student who lived at an Otago University hostel claims she was raped in her room five years ago but didn't tell anyone because she believed her complaint would be dismissed.

Hundreds of thousands of New Zealand children are still living in poverty because of housing costs, according to new figures released today.