Stories by Katie Scotcher

A former National Art Gallery director says Te Papa is failing to do justice to the national art collection. Video

A Wellington drag queen says he has been harassed by strangers so often that he's now too frightened to walk alone in the city.

Initial findings from The International Bar Association Survey also found that half of all female lawyers have been bullied at work.

Law firm Russell McVeagh has lost one of its partners after complaints about the man's drunken behaviour, but a former lawyer says his resignation won't be career-ending.

Police have taken disciplinary action against nine staff for sexual harassing their work mates since 2014.

Two public transport lobby groups are opposing plans to build a light rail line between Auckland airport and the city centre.

Police are defending their four-month investigation into a principal who physically restrained a child in his class and stopped him running away from the school.

A Tauranga property investor is selling his rentals and ditching the industry in anticipation of tougher tenancy regulations.

Canterbury District Health Board is not telling the full story about sexual assault complaints laid by staff, a nurse says.

A former lawyer says she is not surprised law firm Russell McVeagh is once again at the centre of a misconduct scandal.

Some Auckland dairy owners are optimistic that limiting where tobacco is sold could reduce the number of robberies.

Massey University Vice Chancellor has told students and staff she has no intentions of resigning after she misled the public over the cancellation of a Don Brash speech on campus last month.

Journalists have been banned from a conference where the heads of the country's top law firms are set to discuss sexual harassment in the profession.

Aucklanders have paid more than $13 million in the first month of the new petrol tax.

Half of Countdown's supermarkets have got rid of single-use plastic bags - but the move has received mixed reactions.

The man killed in a shed explosion in West Auckland last night loved to work on cars in the space, another resident at the property said.

The government has announced it will spend more than $80 million to replace rundown classrooms and to re-vamp schools in Auckland and Northland.

One nurse at Canterbury DHB said she had been sexually harrassed by patients multiple times but was made to feel worthless when she reported the incidents to management.

Auckland Council is investigating the circumstances of a cattle attack in a park at the weekend.

New Zealanders being held in Australian detention centres will get the chance to share their stories live on-screen at an international art fair from tomorrow.

An Australian parliamentary committee into immigration detention of New Zealanders has been told they are suffering disproportionately.

A Rotorua night shelter forced to close its doors at the weekend will re-open despite having no consent because too many people need the service.

There are fears the number of people drowning at New Zealand beaches will rise if more is not done to raise awareness of the dangers.

The eldest child of the Burmese couple who died while fishing on rocks yesterday says her parents loved the outdoors. Audio

A safety campaign to help people whose dates go horribly wrong has launched in Sydney - and there are calls to bring it across the ditch.