Stories by Katie Todd

Conservationists say the fledgling season of the native Westland petrel has been marred by the Transport Agency's new LED streetlights near Punakaiki.

Thousands of people are embracing the offer of a free, hearty meal and good company at City Mission lunches in the main centres today.

Two Bunnings stores in the North Island are abruptly closing before the New Year, putting about 30 to 40 jobs on the line. Audio

New Zealand's loyalty to lamb has pushed glazed ham out of prime position on dining tables this Christmas, according to Retail Meat New Zealand.

Whakatāne hospital doctors, nurses and specialists are taking stress leave after the horror of last week's deadly eruption at Whakaari / White Island. Audio

Family and friends of two teenage sisters killed by a fiery car crash on Christchurch's Port Hills are pleading for guard rails to be installed at the site.

Three women say Peter Ellis' "death-dance" is taking them to breaking point, after claims he sexually abused their daughters in 1991.

With enough investment, Christchurch could become the country's space hub within five years and offer thousands of aerospace-related jobs.

A Christchurch woman police say was the mastermind of a $4 million synthetic cannabis ring was yelling in court and trying to distribute flyers yesterday before her sentencing today.

Owners of about 12,000 cars with defective airbag parts will have trouble getting WoFs next year.

An increase in the number of people carving names and words into Moeraki boulders and leaving rubbish behind has prompted calls for better management of the increasingly popular site.

Simon Bridges has promised to give a controversial West Coast hydro-power scheme the green light, after the proposal was vetoed by the Minister for the Environment in August.

University of Otago's process for handling a medical school rort has been "seriously deficient", the Resident Doctors Association says, and raises concerns about the impacts on hospital wards.

Aurora Energy's proposed power price rise - about 18 percent across Otago to make up for "historic underinvestment" - has residents worried.

A Christchurch resident is distributing mischievous fake flyers to sabotage the reputation of the city's biggest high-density home builder.

One of New Zealand's largest A&P shows, now known as the New Zealand Agricultural Show, got underway today in Christchurch.

The two climbers who fell to their deaths in the Remarkables yesterday were Australians visiting this country. Audio

A five-year-old autistic boy grew up in a household known to police for drug crimes and violence, and turned up to hospital at least twice with injuries before his death in Christchurch in 2015.

Two statues taken from the Carmelite Monastery in Auckland yesterday have been found.

A specialised DOC ranger is in action in Canterbury, hunting possums that have learnt a new trick - how to climb concrete power poles. Video

Criticism about unprofessional counselling and lengthy wait-lists has prompted the University of Canterbury to consider changes to its Health Centre.

Dozens of people campaigning against plastic waste are sending their rubbish to MPs' post-boxes.

Researchers say the government has a golden opportunity to nip the country's wilding pine problem in the bud, before it costs the economy billions more.

Kaikōura conservationists are reeling after almost all the banded dotterel chicks in the South Bay colony were killed by cats.