Stories by Charlie Dreaver

A quick thinking student advisor in Auckland helped apprehend an alleged thief after they reportedly stole items from an international student and extorted money from him.

Young New Zealand women would better embrace op-shopping if it was less difficult to do and cheaper, a new study suggests. Audio

The duck-billed platypus, an animal so strange when British Scientists first saw a specimen they thought it was a hoax, could now help in the fight against superbugs.

The air evacuation of around a hundred tourists stranded at Blue Duck Station near Taumarunui is now under way.

The German Aerospace Centre says New Zealand is a strong contender to be part of its proposed satellite station.

New Zealand's economy is growing faster than our greenhouse gas output, signalling industries are becoming more efficient with their emissions.

More police officers than ever are getting threatened with firearms and tighter regulations are needed, the Police Association says.

It will be the world's largest radio telescope, but some New Zealand scientists are asking whether it's worth this country spending millions to help build it.

Smokers wanting to switch from conventional cigarettes to vaping, or e-cigarettes, are encountering unexpected hurdles, new research shows.

The chances of a tropical cyclone forming and hitting Fiji over the next 24 hours has been reduced by the Fiji Meteorological Service.

Every New Zealander creates an average of 19 kilograms of e-waste a year.

Researchers believe music is crossing both language and cultural barriers.

From record-breaking heat to flooding and gale force winds, New Zealand has had more than its fair share of extreme weather this week.

A cricket fan is wanting a culture change at sporting events after she was subjected to homophobic slurs and inappropriate touching at a cricket match.

New Zealanders are getting hot and steamy under the sheets, but not in the amorous sense.

Virtual Reality is gaining traction in New Zealand's gaming community, but some are finding the out-of-body experience can be stomach-churning. Video

Global warming is likely to be between 2.2 and 3.4 degrees, a new climate change study says, worse than some estimates but a relief to those fearing the worst.

The fight to become a more environmentally sustainable nation is a complex issue, New Zealand experts say, and often what we think we're doing to help is actually harming.

Bones from a prehistoric burrowing bat, three times the size of those currently living in New Zealand, has been found in Central Otago.

A young adventurer has taken matters into his own hands to assist those along the Thames Coast Road.

Drought-stricken farmers are worried the stormy weather forecast over the next few days has come too little, too late.

A New Year baby of a different kind is getting ready to enter the world at the Pukaha Mount Bruce Wildlife Centre.

An Auckland teenager has come into contact with hundreds of people as she says she didn't know she had mumps. Video

Christmas is often a time for family lunches, gift giving and going home for the holidays, but for many in the LGBT community, they face living rough and finding alternative ways to spend Christmas.

Set nets appear to be scratching fewer Hector's Dolphins in Akaroa Harbour, and although that's good it makes it harder to gauge survival rates, researchers say.