Natalie Akoorie

The reforms will cap discounts judges can give to an offender and introduce aggravating factors at sentencing.

Whetu Bennett was last seen outside an Auckland mall at midday on Tuesday. Her whānau say they are 'distraught' by her disappearance.

The Coroner has released his findings into the death of Pāpāmoa man Tere Livingstone in 2023.

Children as young as 18 months are waiting a year for dental surgery to treat advanced tooth decay, a situation one paediatric dentist calls "alarming".

Tim McKinnel says he was initially reluctant to look into the case, but then decided it warranted closer examination.

Waikato District Council installed four chicanes to slow speed on Birchwood Lane.

Concerns have been raised as details emerge of four choking deaths last year.

At an explosive public meeting in a country suburb, the majority of residents demanded an end to the trial.

A council's changes are causing an uproar in a sought-after suburb, but one parent says opponents are throwing "a tantrum".

Police investigating the homicide want to speak to anyone who helped at the scene of the crash in Hamilton on Thursday.

The waitlist for an assessment with Waikato Hospital's plastics and orthopaedic departments has risen dramatically since the beginning of last year.

A New Zealand Medical Journal article highlights leaders with diminished capacity leading to reckless decision-making.

The drownings of eight children aged under six in one summer have prompted an investigation by the coroner who says adults must more closely supervise young children near the water.

Former Hamilton councillor Mark Donovan, who quit last month after taking on a full-time job late last year, said he was never a controversial character.

At least 15,000 patients are currently waiting for an echocardiogram for cardiac and cancer treatment. Audio

An Otago student has set up a petition to have disgraced Dunedin artist John Middleditch's sculpture removed from public display at the University of Otago.

Tensions erupted in the Hamilton District Court when a man charged with murdering a 26-year-old and injuring another appeared in the dock.

KiwiRail failed to follow a decade-old Coroner's recommendation to fence an area of railway line where a young Matamata College student was killed by a train this week.

The survivor's 2012 complaint was ignored - she had since made another complaint this year resulting in the removal of the sculpture.

Brain cancer is the biggest cancer killer of people under 40 - but in New Zealand there is no register to keep track of the deadly disease.

Two paintings and a plaque identifying a water sculpture by the late prominent artist John Middleditch have been removed.

Brothers Andrew, James and Peter Buttle appealed against their company's conviction which saw them fined $1.045 million and ordered to pay $4.88m in reparation to the victims.

Councillor Louise Hutt says the cost of creating a bylaw, including legal advice and public consultation, could be better spent funding social services in Hamilton.

"My complaints and requests were ignored," says a woman who wants a New Zealand artist's sculptures removed from Dunedin Hospital. Audio

Jessica Lee Rose Mulford, now 20, was found guilty of manslaughter last year.