Stories by Krystal Gibbens

The hospice offering palliative care services in the Wellington region is taking only the most urgent admissions for at least the next fortnight as it struggles to recruit staff.

Police have located the body of a diver who was reported missing yesterday at Karaka Bay in Wellington.

It is just weeks from Christmas but Kāinga Ora is emptying out its infamous Dixon Street Flats in Wellington because they are "old and no longer fit for purpose".

Chris Hipkins has admitted Labour made a "mistake" with the entrenchment clause in its Three Waters legislation.

New Zealanders are being warned fraud cases are on the rise as Fraud Awareness Week begins. Audio

Fifteen species of marine sponge have been discovered in a new study.

Kāpiti Coast District Council is trying to get its community involved in a battle to get motorbikes off its dunes.

This week the Reserve Bank issued warnings about negative equity as house prices drop and interest rates rise - but financial experts have some advice.

This week the Reserve Bank issued warnings about negative equity as house prices drop and interest rates rise - but financial experts have some advice.

Mortgage advisors are recommending people consider what they can afford when locking in a fixed term mortgage.

The prime minister has arrived in New Zealand, back from Antarctica, but not on the plane she arrived in.

Eight fire trucks are at a multi-level office building in central Wellington where smoke has been detected inside.

The number of suspected suicides has continued to drop year on year, but Māori also continue to be disproportionately negatively affected.

A report giving final recommendations for the Settlement of a Collective Agreement between Fire and Emergency and the Firefighters Union has been publicly released.

A failed bid by the Crown to appeal the home detention sentence given to teenage rapist Jayden Meyer has sparked a fresh wave of criticism. Audio

A parent group is using a billboard campaign to call for urgent changes to New Zealand's "brutal" family court system.

One of the big mysteries surrounding tectonic plate movement may have been uncovered in new research.

The capital will be on summer water restrictions from Sunday with limits on when sprinklers and irrigation systems can be used.

Local Government New Zealand wants to lift the percentage of people that vote in local body elections.

There's hope that the relationship between the royal family and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex could be on the mend. But royal commentators are still sceptical on whether it would mean an end to…

One of the main routes out of Wellington - State Highway 59 - is set to reopen this Thursday after being closed for weeks.

The report into allegations of abuse in Xinjiang province accused China of "serious human rights violations" and investigators said they found credible evidence of torture against Uyghurs.

Community midwives say today's legal action against the Ministry of Health was a last resort after seven years of broken promises.