Stories by Delphine Herbert

Christchurch's CBD will be filled with some of the world's best street performers from Friday, as the World Buskers Festival gets underway.

The Hillgrove site tested positive for the highly pathogenic H7N6 virus on 1 December.

A lawyer for the fast-food chain says it will reduce its opening hours from 6am-11pm and make its sign smaller.

Staff will work on changes recommended by two reviews prompted by whistleblowers' welfare concerns and allegations of a toxic culture at the Christchurch zoo.

Thursday's blaze quickly spread to 30 hectares because of hot, dry conditions. Audio

A biologist says she will not be surprised if the "highly contagious" disease spreads to other poultry farms. Audio

A leading virologist says she will not be surprised if the Otago bird flu outbreak continues to spread similar to a devastating outbreak in Australia. Audio

A leak has caused a partial ceiling collapse in Dunedin Hospital where sterilisation equipment is stored.

"It doesn't make sense for schools to be selling sickness to kids, in the form of sugary drinks," a dental expert says.

About 1000 people turned up to hear why building the hospital as planned, was important. Audio

Cooling and reheating meat caused the students to become ill.

The father of a student who died at an overcrowded flat party is calling for the alcohol industry to help make Dunedin safer.

More than 100 students fell ill on Sunday night after eating what they described as a "bad chicken souvlaki". Audio

Dunedin's students doubt proposed changes will lower rates of harmful drinking with one saying the culture has got worse.

Pregnant staff in Christchurch Hospital's radiology team have been offered advice after inhaling toxic fumes from a construction site.

Some are moving from motel to motel every few days after being pushed out of their homes.

Christchurch's Port Hill residents are disappointed Fire and Emergency can not say what started the 14 February fire.

Ninety-two percent of the 2019 Wellbeing Budget's $1.9 billion in mental health funding had been spent or committed by 30 June 2023, a new report indicates.

The number of medical registrars working this past weekend was 40 percent of normal.

The vessel is regularly deployed to the Pacific but is currently travelling around NZ training junior officers.

The iReX Project was initially estimated to cost $775m when KiwiRail submitted its business case in 2018.

Te Whata Ora has been unable to recruit more senior doctors to Taupō hospital and the ED there has multiple roster gaps.

A third of Tonga's population has had no internet for more than two weeks, with officials blaming an earthquake.

Diabetes Fiji is calling for immediate action to prevent further tragedies and improve the quality of life for people diagnosed with diabetes. Audio

The Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection says financially sustaining social welfare recipients is not the government's sole responsibility.