Stories by Bill Hickman

All but three of 45 councils which established the seats without a public referendum elected to retain the wards.

A new study found climate change increased the amount of rain that fell during Cyclone Gabrielle by 10 percent, compared to pre-global warming.

Ronald McDonald House Charities may be forced to charge families of sick children who stay in their accommodation, due to a triple threat of rising costs, surging demand and a significant decline in…

The union says NZ Post threatened individual disciplinary action posties who refused to deliver the document earlier in the week. Audio

NEMA is distancing itself from a flyer with Civil Defence branding made by a private company that has been turning up in mailboxes .

Advocates for people with type 1 diabetes say broader Pharmac funding will be a gamechanger.

A Muslim leader says it's so far from the truth, when he first heard about it he thought he was being pranked. But a supporter of the flyer says otherwise.

"Until we get the pipe shut down, we can't get in there and do the repair," Wellington Water says as a water outage in the central city spreads. Audio

Dallas McKinley says waking in his flooded home on Sunday morning felt like a bad dream.

Both sides are claiming legal wins in a landmark greenwashing case.

Organised crime groups are targeting border workers with access to systems and restricted areas to allow drug shipments to slip through the border, Customs New Zealand says. Audio

The pair swam an hour to reach the island and once ashore, used matches from their waterproof survival kit to light a fire. Audio

Wellington City Council is testifying at the inquest into the death of Sandy Calkin, who drowned after being last seen walking on Queens Wharf in July 2021.

Wellington City Council's response to deaths and incidents on the capital's waterfront promenade has come under fire ahead of a coroner's inquest into the death of Sandy Calkin.

Changes include allowing people on their restricted licence to apply to become officers.

The police commissioner is being accused by staff of "robbing our future", after he suggested in a leaked email they could cut their KiwiSaver contributions.

Lawyers for Consumer NZ compared Z Energy's claims to a tobacco company claiming harm reduction by saying it was delivering cigarettes "more safely".

KiwiRail has hit back at acting PM Winston Peters' claims that it covered up the cause of the grounding of the Aratere ferry.

The vessel started an "alteration of course" and despite initially regaining control, it was too late for staff to stop it running aground.

Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins says New Zealand First needs to back up serious allegations it made about the Aratere ferry grounding in a tweet. Audio

The Police Association is lowering its final offer ahead of an arbitration panel's decision in the more than year-long dispute over police pay.

The world was emerging from the gloss-driven excesses of the 1980s when a bold newcomer to NZ's media landscape first went to air. Video

Community leaders are welcoming a wave of police operations to curb illegal street racing, but not everyone is on board.

New crime figures show a significant increase in vehicle theft and growing levels of people falling victim to online fraud.

The redundancies have been an "emotional rollercoaster", workers say, with flip-flops on decisions and managers ill-informed of changes.