Stories by Jean Edwards

Workplace sexual harassment was normal at Gloriavale, where leaders would grab girls' bottoms, unzip their dresses or ping their bra straps in the kitchen, a former member says.

Gloriavale founder Hopeful Christian told a father who had just buried his daughter that he could take comfort from the fact she would not be molested, a court has heard.

A former Gloriavale member has described an ingrained culture of bullying and mocking by powerful and controlling leaders who punished women.

Frustrated New Zealand-trained migrant nurses may leave the country because they cannot find an immediate path to residency, as the government tries to entice foreigners to fill thousands of health…

Six former Gloriavale women will tell a court they lived in "slave-like conditions" working as employees under an all-pervading regime of secular and religious control.

The Bromley woman bought two air purifiers to cope with the stench from the burnt-out wastewater treatment plant nearby.

Investigations into complaints about a scrap metal yard where a ferocious fire broke out in Christchurch have not revealed any breaches of regulations, the city council says.

A Bromley woman is taking Christchurch City Council to the Disputes Tribunal after it refused to pay for air purifiers she bought to cope with the stench from the burnt-out wastewater treatment plant.

Gloriavale has been ordered to improve workplace safety standards again after a visit by inspectors, but no children were found working in the reclusive Christian community's commercial businesses.

After being attacked by the rector of St Patrick's College Silverstream at the age of 14, a man still chasing justice in his 80s says the exclusion of some abuse survivors from a government rapid…

Oceania Care has apologised for the treatment of a diabetic woman who did not receive her regular insulin medication and died less than 24 hours after being admitted to one of its rest homes.

A diabetic woman died less than 24 hours after she was admitted to a rest home because she did not receive the life-saving medication she depended on, an investigation has found.

The competition watchdog will today release the draft findings of a study into New Zealand's residential building supplies market, as the cost of building or renovating a house goes through the roof

Health professionals welcomed efforts to plug gaps in the system but cautioned that overseas doctors and nurses were not a panacea for depleted hospitals and clinics. Audio

Revenue Minister David Parker said it would have been more expensive to manually check the eligibility of every person than use the automated payment system.

Two climbers who were almost buried by an avalanche and forced to shelter in a snow cave are recovering from a dramatic rescue from the Remarkables Range near Queenstown.

The faces of destroyed refugee mothers and stories of little lives lost haunt Yuriy Ackermann, a Ukrainian-born New Zealander on a cyber security mission in war-torn Kyiv.

Rising floodwaters have forced homeowners and holiday-makers to evacuate in Otago and Canterbury, where rivers have burst their banks and torrential rain has washed out roads. Audio

The new stadium could see rates rise by $144 per year but some councillors believe they could soften the blow by asking neighbouring councils to chip in, selling assets or reprioritising other… Audio

Councillors have three choices; spend the extra $150 million to build the covered stadium, hit the pause button and re-evaluate the project, or scrap it altogether.

People suffering from the rotten stench from Bromley's wastewater treatment plant ponds might have to wait another three months for the smell to improve, the Christchurch City Council says.

Abdul Aziz, who confronted the Christchurch terrorist at the Linwood mosque, has been recognised along with with eight others who risked their lives in acts of great bravery during the 2019 attack.

A review of Christchurch City Council's response to a summer storm shows authorities took too long to respond after rain swept away the road into a Banks Peninsula settlement.

Canterbury public health chiefs admit people suffering from the Bromley stench are going through hell, but caution a health register might not be the best way to monitor its impact.

People fed up with the putrid stench from Bromley's wastewater plant are on the brink of protesting against Christchurch City Council's handling of the crisis.