Stories by Rachel Helyer Donaldson

A new national diabetes register will show for the first time how many people are living with each type of diabetes in Aotearoa.

Interest in the taonga has taken flight after a single feather sold for a record-breaking $46,000 in May.

The landmark glasshouse in the city's botanic garden needs replacing rather than being "patched up", councillors have been told.

Lindsay McKenzie starts in the role today.

A proposed law change would give comedians some leeway when using other works of art to make their point, but it's not a free pass, a professor says.

Thousands of kittens will need foster parents in the coming months, and those staying at home for Christmas are the perfect candidates, SPCA says.

Young people exploited online often try to deal with it alone - but it's good to have a family plan, experts say.

Wellington's Golden Mile has done it tough this year, with grim financial times leading to the closure of about 50 stores, but some businesses are staying the course and even expanding. Audio

Meningitis can kill in 24 hours, and "it's essential we have a vaccination programme, free to everyone, because treatment often comes too late", bereaved dad says.

The 89-year-old Englishwoman had a career that straddled "the old world of acting and the new".

Hundreds of Wellington residents have piled on to social media to call for tea and toast to be put back on the menu of the city's maternity wards.

Prosecutors need to look at a range of factors, a process complicated by the fact the Bayesian is under "quite a considerable" volume of water.

Three New Zealanders die from accidental drug overdoses every week, with the number continuing to rise, new research shows.

The authority says the message needs to be clear after four boating deaths in a fourtnight - if in doubt, don't go out.

Fewer cruise ships could visit New Zealand if border levies are increased at short notice as is planned, the sector says.

Wellington's water provider hopes it can start excavating the site of a broken sewerage pipe in the Eastbourne harbour in Lower Hutt on Monday morning. Audio

The University of Otago's new Adult Restorative Dental Care certificate will allow oral health therapists to give fillings.

The government's decision to give effect to the Airports Act sent a "frustrating" signal to the aviation and tourism sectors, the Airports Association says.

A seismologist says New Zealand is unlikely to have a megaquake such as the one Japan is on high alert for, but a lesser quake could still be more devastating.

Organisers of the rally say they want action for tamariki and mokopuna in state care.

An expert says the programme needs to ramp up urgently to give bowel cancer patients a "fighting chance".

Many Pacific Islands have "strong views" on what's appropriate for tourists to wear - and "teeny tiny swimwear" doesn't cut it, an expert says.

ThreeNews, produced by multimedia organisation Stuff, is going live for the first time tonight at 6pm.

Up to 3000 babies are born a year with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Aotearoa.

From Monday, people aged 14 and over will pay for Covid-related visits to the GP. Epidemiologist Michael Baker says 'we have to do better' with the ongoing response to the disease.