Stories by Pretoria Gordon

Mental health nurses are "so worried about their safety" and more needs to be done, union says. Audio

Trade School Kitchen opened in August 2018, with the intention of supporting women who had undergone barista training whilst in Arohata Prison upon their release.

The worker had hazardous chemicals sprayed into his eyes while making dishwasher powder.

Swimmers at beaches up and down Auckland's east have reported itching, rashes and red spots after entering the water.

本周陆续出现多起下海游泳后身体出现红疹、瘙痒的报告，地方医疗机构给出应对建议。

The council says it is turning a blind eye for the club which is preparing for national championships.

The rain fell like tears in Nelson as a vigil was held for the first New Zealand policewoman killed in the line of duty.

The man accused of killing a police officer has been remanded in custody after appearing in the Nelson District Court.

A Dunedin man with a learning disability is spending Christmas Day cooped up inside a motel, as the date to move back into his flood-damaged house keeps being pushed back. Video

A woman who was carjacked by a prisoner who escaped Waikato Hospital last month is shocked another prisoner from Spring Hill Corrections Facility has escaped from custody at the same hospital again.

Funding cuts have put a personal safety and self-defence education programme at risk of closure. Video

Luigi Mangione, 26, is an Ivy League graduate from a prominent family, who once favourably reviewed the manifesto of the Unabomber.

Prisons are the biggest recruitment centres for gangs, and more needs to be done to protect young people behind bars, lawyer says.

Academics says the changes are short-sighted, but a business group says it will boost productivity. Audio

Cutting all research funding for the fields is a massive step backwards, critics say.

Judges of the International Court of Justice have been requested to give an advisory opinion on the obligations of states in respect of climate change. Audio

A book aiming to break the culture of silence surrounding abuse will be gifted to every primary school.

Today marks 35 years since the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted by the UN.

The Youth Climate Statement has been sent to Simon Watts and the New Zealand delegation heading to Azerbaijan for COP29.

More than 1 million NZers have a disability, and their needs go beyond mobility parking and discounted taxis, Access Matters Aotearoa says. Video, Audio

All services have been impacted since 2.21pm.

Around 30 rangatahi got to experience the day in a life of a Conference of the Parties delegate.

The Declaration of the Rights of the Child was adopted on 26 September 1924. But what do children still need after 100 years? Audio

A Greenpeace protest outside the Wellington office of mining lobby group Straterra temporarily shut down parts of The Terrace.

The waiata was written in 1984 by the late Te Pikikōtuku 'Piki' Kereama. Video