Stories by Conan Young

A new online platform is promising to revolutionise the way people buy insurance.

The charitable trust most notable for helping to raise $11.4 million following the mosque attacks, is in hot water over its finances.

Today marks a decade since the earthquake close to the centre of Christchurch killed 185 people.

Families of the 115 people killed in the collapse of the CTV building are bewildered at the length of time it is taking to investigate the man whose company designed it.

New Zealand's bid to increase the amount of orange roughy commercial fishers can catch has hit a snag.

The foreign fishing crews allowed into the country in October were originally going to skip being placed in isolation at a hotel and were instead going to be sent straight to their boats.

The new teal colour being used on buses in Christchurch is causing problems for the visually impaired who cannot see them coming.

Not all of those affected by the Christchurch terror attacks will get to see the Royal Commission of Inquiry findings before it is made public.

Up to $247 million of New Zealand seafood exports to the United States are under threat because of the ongoing court action.

Sealord is being accused of not making a genuine effort to employ New Zealanders to work on the two Russian-owned trawlers it charters.

A fisheries expert is asking whether the economic benefit New Zealand receives from having overseas crew here is worth the risk they pose due to Covid-19.

The trust behind a Christchurch mosque says it has been treated unfairly over claims of financial impropriety.

West Coasters are worried their rivers may be closed to whitebaiting as part of a proposal about to go to the incoming Minister of Conservation. Audio

A new Department of Conservation study shows there have been 35,000 unexplained deaths in the past 11 years of the already critically endangered antipodean albatross.

In the three years to the end of 2019 there was a 22 percent increase in electrical fires and a high number of complaints about work done by people with no electrical training.

A former deputy chair of the Canterbury District Health Board is accusing the Ministry of Health and Treasury of an ongoing campaign at the highest levels, to get rid of David Meates.

Some residents of the Southland town have bags packed ready to evacuate in case potentially lethal ammonia gas is released from toxic waste stored there.

Those injured by bullets or whose loved ones were struck down in the mosque attacks, will today have a chance to look the man responsible straight in the eyes, and tell him how they feel. Audio

Fears about the safety of a vaccine for Covid-19 could put people off receiving it and see the country fall short of achieving herd immunity.

Fishers say the money on offer from the government to help some of them adopt more dolphin-friendly methods falls well short and will put some out of business.

Climate change could lead to a 24 percent reduction in fish species and more storms, which could damage aquaculture farms and sink fishing boats.

Three of the country's biggest seafood companies have broken ranks with the rest of the sector and declared their support for cameras on fishing boats.

The fishing sector says it is feeling let down by Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash after comments comparing them with criminals surfaced.

A witness to the 15 March mosque attacks says an interview with the shooter should not be made public.

Crusaders fans will get to see their team in the flesh for the first time since lockdown this Sunday afternoon, when they host the Chiefs.