Stories by Kate Newton

A fortnight on from the Kaikōura earthquake, businesses in the seaside town are starting to re-open - but with no way in or out of the town, they're not sure how long they will last.

Kaikōura locals cut off from the rest of the country for a fortnight were able to re-group and catch up with neighbours at a community event organised by volunteers.

Two diggers being used to repair Kaikōura infrastructure have been damaged in a "sabotage" attack, the Fire Service says.

A sports day planned for earthquake-hit Kaikōura locals has been cancelled because of high winds.

A family trapped between two massive slips north of Kaikōura has been flown to safety. Video

Disorientated crayfish, thrust out of the ocean onto the Kaikoura coastline, have been slowly ushered back into the water by locals.

About 20 people have been evacuated from southern Marlborough because of fears that several slip dams created by Monday's massive earthquake will breach.

There were pork chops and tea at 2am as the only motel in the Marlborough settlement of Ward became a makeshift relief camp following Monday morning's earthquake.

Some quake-stricken settlements along the closed section of State Highway 1 are still without water, power or a route out as they try to support their terrified children.

Evidence that Kim Dotcom was not allowed to present at his extradition hearing would not have helped his case anyway, the Crown says.

As her hand hit the end of the pool this morning, Sophie Pascoe became New Zealand's most decorated Paralympian of all time - and one of the country's greatest ever athletes. Audio

NZ should follow the US and ban some handwash ingredients, which are no better than soap and contribute to antibiotic resistance, a toxicologist says.

A ruling that Apple should pay €13 billion in back taxes to Ireland has renewed scrutiny of the tech company's tax arrangements in New Zealand.

A video stream of Kim Dotcom's appeal against extradition is now online - it is the first time a New Zealand court case has been livestreamed.

Analysis - Anybody with internet access will now be able to watch Kim Dotcom's appeal against extradition. What precedent will that set?

Kim Dotcom has been given permission to livestream his appeal against extradition on Youtube.

A district court judge failed to keep an open mind and give meaningful consideration to Kim Dotcom's arguments against extradition, defence lawyers say.

DOC was warning trampers to stay away from the area near a hut where a woman stayed for weeks after her partner died in a fall, a Dunedin tramper says.

A summer water crisis could be looming in Hawke's Bay off the back of the Havelock North gastric illness outbreak, council documents suggest.

More than 4000 people in Havelock North are now estimated to have been hit with gastric illness. Kate Newton looks at the story so far. Video, Audio

The campylobacter outbreak in Havelock North could become the biggest single instance of waterborne disease in New Zealand history - but thousands more cases fly under the radar every year, Kate…

Analysis - "A perfect storm" of circumstances has energised public support for cannabis law reform, reports Kate Newton.

The amount women cricketers are paid is "an evolution" and eventually they should become full-time professionals, New Zealand Cricket says.

Corrections ignored a psychologist's opinion that high-profile prisoner Arthur Taylor could be moved to a lower security prison, a judge has found.

The cloud storage site Mega says a court order to hand over user information to the Kazakhstan government is an unnecessary breach of privacy.