Stories by Natalie Akoorie

Hamilton's Andrew Bydder was censured by his colleagues and ordered to apologise for ableist slurs and derogatory comments.

A hearing is being held on Tuesday over extending contracts for seven motels for another 12 months. Audio

Four elected parents resigned after a furore into the Onewhero Area School board of trustees' decision to dismiss the teacher over a school rugby trip.

Andrew Bydder was meant to apologise to mayor Susan O'Regan as well the Cerebral Palsy Society.

The 7100 hectare wetland made up of peat bog, vegetation and fen, was the scene of two fires in the 1980s.

Bremner's frenzied attacks on his parents and a couple he didn't know killed three of them. Some details can now be reported for the first time.

Police have arrested 28 people in Ōpōtiki and around the North Island as part of Operation Highwater.

The airport has accused the Regional Development Minister of spreading misinformation that casts it in a negative light.

A nurses union representative says it's discrimination if foreign nurses are forbidden from speaking in their native language. Audio

Regional Development Minister Shane Jones has labelled the decision "perilous".

It included $3000 on a two-day course in Canada and $790 on a Koru Club membership.

He went on extended leave amid claims of a toxic culture and has now resigned.

A child psychologist says Tom Phillips' three children will be vulnerable and susceptible to anxiety after being isolated for three years.

Sister City relationships provide an opportunity for foreign agencies to interfere in New Zealand's democracy and councils need to be vigilant, the head of the Security Intelligence Service says.

Carmen Walker's sons, along with a surgeon who observed the procedure, say the blood loss that led to her death was preventable. Audio

The death of Carmen Walker in Waikato Hospital after a cancer procedure was caused by an adverse drug reaction as well as blood loss, a coroner has found.

Residents of a new Salvation Army social housing complex in Hamilton say they are grateful to live there.

A disability advocate welcomes the investigation, saying all deaths in support homes are concerning.

The separate cases relate to the deaths of 8-year-old Zahquiel Taipeti in Hamilton and Steven Cranston near Raglan.

The medication included codeine, opioids and a sedative for her infant children, a disciplinary tribunal has found.

An "evil" criminal element combined with the social media "sensationalism factor" are contributing to increasing violence, police say.

Josephine Green says Shargin Stephens he was kind, hardworking and never violent.

A Hamilton City Councillor says he will ignore a recommendation to publicly apologise and undergo training for an expletive-laden rant to another council.

Coroner Michael Robb says it was "abundantly clear" the officer made a decision as he was running toward Shargin Stephens that he was going to shoot him if he did not drop his weapon.

The gardens have been part of Polly Williams' "family fabric" forever - but it'll now cost them $100 to visit.