Stories by Bill Hickman

An online traffic site moderator estimated at least 20 vehicles had been affected by the nails on Monday night, south of Palmerston North.

The government is proposing changes to fast-track resource consents in a new bill set to go before Parliament.

A Gisborne woman says she was reduced to tears by an aviation security officer's dismissive attitude towards ahead of her Christmas holiday.

The creator of Free for All says she is closing up shop because she is unable to keep volunteers and customers safe.

Two teens were walking along a pavement when a leaking main "blew underneath them", a resident says. Audio

An Ohakune man attending the memorial service of the Tangiwai rail disaster says he is still touched by the events seventy years on.

A gun store owner believes licensed firearms owners are yet to register more than a million weapons in protest against the legislation.

Stranded passengers say a fault that shut down all outgoing trains for several hours is another sign of an increasingly unreliable network.

Long wait times for international student visas have local flight training schools on the brink of collapse, Aviation New Zealand says.

Festival-goers are being urged to get their drugs checked before they head to gigs, as a dangerous drug being sold as MDMA is doing the rounds in Christchurch.

An unsung design hero has his legacy honoured in an unlikely way after a Wellington funeral home named their flagship hearse in his honour.

Wellington International Airport is fighting a constant battle to prevent online scams using their branding from reeling in unsuspecting people.

A jury has been told the question of consent stands at the heart of a rape trial in Wellington District Court today.

In a rare moment of agreement, both sides of the country's gun debate are questioning why police included a picture of what appears to be a pistol-shaped cigarette lighter in a press release on…

A Palmerston North window installation company has shut its doors, leaving multiple customers tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket. Audio

The move will ensure permanent place for Māori voices to be 'heard, embedded and carried forward' in decision-making, the council says.

The Restaurant Association is looking forward to the National-led government scrapping fair pay legislation and reinstating 90-day trials, but Unite Union sees the potential move as dismal.

Restaurateurs are saying scrapping fair pay legislation should be among the top priorities of the new government.

Iona Pannett's comments come after a Wellington heritage building was gutted by fire after more than 20 years of wrangling over the owner's earthquake strengthening responsibilities.

The owner of a central Wellington store says a fire may have broken the stalemate that saw a nearby heritage protected building gradually swamped by tagging, temporary earthquake protection and vines.

Five police officers have received awards for putting their lives on the line to save others in Hastings during Cyclone Gabrielle.

Police Minister Ginny Andersen says it is unacceptable officers are expected to attend mental health callouts - turning up "simply because no-one else will".

Lawyers representing the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care have argued Jehovah's Witness Elders exercised a level of control over the congregation that allowed them access to children.

The church said it was beyond the scope of the inquiry as it did not take children, young persons or vulnerable adults into care.

New Zealand Jehovah's Witnesses are going to court in an attempt to have the church made exempt from the Abuse in Care inquiry.