Stories by Conan Young

Farmers could end up paying $30,000 each on average to help cover the cost of eradicating mycoplasma bovis - but one farmer says he would willingly pay more.

New information has been revealed by CTV families that could cast doubt on the decision not to lay criminal charges over the building's collapse.

Imported bull semen is one of the most likely ways mycoplasma bovis got into New Zealand, a cattle disease expert says.

Culling all cattle with mycoplasma bovis is a good start, but won't eradicate the disease completely, a vet says. Audio

The government may consider a total ban on set net fishing after five nationally endangered Hector's dolphins were killed in a single net.

The Ministry for Primary Industries is being taken to task over a lack of progress on reducing seabird deaths, including endangered yellow-eyed penguins.

The man that state agency Southern Response has allegedly been spying on says the agency is trying to stifle its critics. Audio

Christchurch schools are successfully tackling post-traumatic stress, and one mother says the strategies have helped with her son's confidence.

Murder accused Sainey Marong has given a gruelling account of the moment he strangled a Christchurch sex worker.

The West Coast Penguin Trust is reviewing the sponsorship it receives from the owner of a fishing vessel at the centre of claims around the mistreatment of sea birds.

New Zealand is behind the times when it comes to putting cameras on fishing boats, Forest and Bird says.

While some residents of Bill English's home town were shocked by his resignation, others are accepting the news with typical southern stoicism.

A pre-school manager trying to report an at-risk child to Oranga Tamariki was on hold for over half an hour with no answer, then again for 20 minutes, she says.

Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash has rejected a call from the fishing industry to exempt footage gathered on boats from the Official Information Act.

It is only a matter of time before somebody is injured or killed on a fishing trip organised by a cowboy operator, fishing guides say.

The fishing industry wants any video footage gathered of its activities to be exempt from the Official Information Act.

The new government is being urged not to follow through on its promise to cancel any new loans to irrigation schemes.

A shake-up of the Ministry for Primary Industries does not go far enough to fix issues in the country's fisheries, say experts.

The Canterbury Regional Council has just released research showing polluting nitrates from livestock could eventually make their way into the drinking water supply for large parts of Christchurch.

The Australian government has rejected an offer from New Zealand to take 150 of the Manus Island asylum seekers.

Researchers are building a laser microscope to try to work out what is causing South Island lakes to become choked with lake snot.

The Earthquake Commission is confident of having all claims for residential damage from the Kaikōura earthquake settled within the next four months.

Security at the new Christchurch law courts is again being called in to question, despite the $300-million project opening only four weeks ago.

The crown has sought to discredit the evidence of a defence witness in the murder trial of Shayal Upashna Sami.

Hundreds of native trees planted by volunteers in Christchurch are being destroyed by over-zealous council contractors armed with weed whackers.