Kate Green

A four-hectare section of forest and grassland will soon become home to a population of lizards.

Winstone Aggregates is trying to acquire a 24 hectare block of regional park land adjacent to the quarry in exchange for three blocks of regenerated quarry land totalling 30 hectares. Audio

High schoolers from around the country ran lines and paced the floor of a Wellington school last week, preparing for a Shakespeare showcase.

Bike charities and loan schemes in Wellington are in demand, and the clientele is increasingly shifting towards middle class wage-earners. Audio

A hospital staff member told the Ombudsman child safety checks for contractors had not been carried out for some years at the hospital where they worked.

Want to plan a family barbecue on the weekend, or go tramping in the Tararuas?

Some mental health wards were short-staffed overnight almost all of the time, a new report has found.

Police believe they've discovered the main campsite used by the fugitive dad and his children in recent months and say it's now clear he had outside help. Audio

Police say the four skiers are accounted for and safe.

DeLuney was found guilty of the violent murder by a Wellington High Court jury in July.

A jury found Deluney guilty of the murder of her 79-year-old mother Helen Gregory in July.

Multiple children have been killed or seriously injured in the lower North Island in recent months, but police say that is sadly not unusual.

The Japan Mart manager in Lower Hutt says she was verbally and physically abused by the teenage girls.

The plague of breakdowns in Auckland's firefighting heavy aerial appliances, or big-ladder trucks, has struck again - this time at an overnight fire in Kumeū.

A 50-year-old man, who has name suppression, is accused of murdering five people by setting the boarding house alight in May 2023.

The High Court in Wellington has heard from a Loafers Lodge resident trapped by smoke and the firefighter who saved his life, as the trial reaches the final day of its first week.

Tepaea Awatere earlier admitted reckless driving charges relating to causing her mum's death and injuring another person.

Police recently seized four guns and a large knife in Levin, Horowhenua.

Researchers have tracked New Zealand's southern right whales, discovering a spot in the ocean where they converge.

While some findings confirm long-held concerns, others don't go far enough, say rural folk.

The Mongrel Mob and the Nomads both have a presence in the region, police say. Audio

Carter Holt Harvey is planning to shut its Eves Valley sawmill and focusing on Kawerau, with 142 jobs affected.

A watchdog has found the organisation acted "unreasonably" on a number of occasions.

Sarah Shaw describes her three weeks in a US detainment centre with her six-year-old son. Audio

Two protesters have ended their three-week stint in a giant coal bucket above the native bush.