Stories by Libby Kirkby-McLeod

As the attraction recovers from the pandemic, the area is struggling with the impact extreme weather has had on the roads.

Data collected during lockdown is helping a tourism company determine how many people can safely enter the caves every day.

This year, brain health and mental wellbeing are recurring themes at the annual rural gathering at Mystery Creek in Hamilton.

Te reo Māori and data sovereignty experts are raising a red flag when it comes to artificial intelligence - ChatGPT might be getting a little too good at te reo.

The Public Service Association claims South Waikato District Council has breached its obligations to act in good faith during a recent restructure, but the chief executive says it is just a case of…

Lee Murray is the winner of this year's New Zealand Society of Authors Cuba Press Laura Solomon Prize.

South Waikato District Council is suggesting an 18.5 percent rate rise - one of the biggest in the country.

In their 2019 Waste Management and Minimisation bylaw, Hamilton City Council did something simple, but radical.

A Coromandel environmental group has warned that spinifex, a native plant used in sand dune restoration after erosion events, could be in short supply this year.

For over 60 years, dairy giant Fonterra and its predecessors have been one of the biggest employers in central Hamilton, but maybe not for much longer.

Pope Francis led the world's Roman Catholics into Easter at a Saturday night vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, decrying the "icy winds of war" and other injustices.

The Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust is concerned most people do not know about the country's native butterflies.

If you pick up a copy of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', or 'The Witches' in a bookstore you might notice they've gobblefunked around with the words.

The average New Zealand author only earns about a third of their income from writing, but for the select few writer in residencies programmes provide financial support and a physical space to write.

A food charity has been asked not to distribute food rescued from the floods until it can agree on checks with the Ministry for Primary Industries to ensure it is safe.

Nationwide supply of liquid ibuprofen, most commonly used for pain relief in children, continues to be a problem throughout the country.

Shark numbers may be increasing but Surf Living Saving New Zealand says the biggest risk is still the water itself, not the animals that live in it.

Visitors to this year's Fieldays have plenty to think about, with the government having launched its Centre for Climate Action on Agricultural Emissions yesterday.