Stories by Katie Scotcher

The New Zealand Law Society has released a voluntary Gender Equality Charter to tackle the under-representation of women in senior firm positions.

Many Aucklanders say they did not receive enough warning and were left unprepared for the severity of last night's storm.

Hundreds of schools are hiring a private company to run lockdown drills and help beef up their emergency plans.

One-third of Wellington city's off-street car parks are still off limits since the Kaikōura earthquake - and more are set to be closed next month.

The final Air New Zealand flight from the Kāpiti Coast to Auckland has left Paraparaumu. Audio

Easter egg enthusiasts will be treated to perfect egg-hunting conditions on Sunday with clear skies and dry weather for most of country.

More than 200 protesters gathered outside the TSB Bank Arena in Wellington this afternoon, ahead of the country's biggest petroleum conference, which officially opens tomorrow.

While Hollywood is wrestling with gender equality and representation of minorities in the film industry, the small New Zealand town of Otaki is carving the way.

Te Papa tonight unveiled its new $8.4 million art gallery, Toi Art, which is part of the museum's biggest revamp in 20 years.

Hundreds of university students, lawyers and academics have marched through Wellington, asking for under-fire law firm Russell McVeagh to be suspended from all government contracts.

Robinson helicopter representatives are set to visit New Zealand after the Department of Conservation banned some models because of safety concerns.

State Highway 1 north and south of Kaikōura is unlikely to reopen until the middle of next week.

Electronic cigarettes could relieve the stress for patients and even staff at hospitals where smoking is banned, a new study says.

Victoria University has confirmed several of its students on internships at a top law firm reported being sexually assaulted by lawyers two years ago. Audio

The unusually hot summer is causing more fish to die than normal along Kāpiti waterways.

Prisoners are fainting and guards are struggling in heavy stab proof vests as the heat wave hits jails around the country.

The people of Masterton are doing their best to deal with the sweltering heat hitting the town.