Jimmy Ellingham

Police had been preparing charges against the former lead psychiatrist at Lake Alice psychiatric hospital, before it was deemed he was too ill to face trial, documents reveal.

A rural primary school closing its doors is a victim of cost of living pressures, its principal says.

Little Stars in Palmerston North is the brainchild of a family who know only too well what access to therapy at an early age can do.

NZ's district courts are still feeling the lingering effects of Covid-19, as the justice system clogs with cases - More than 140,000 court appearances have been delayed since March 2020.

One of New Zealand's most intriguing cricket mysteries is how Rodney Redmond could score a test 100 on debut and never play for his country again. Video, Audio

Brendan Paul Henson said he was making progress before the sessions stopped, ahead of his expected release in February.

Massey University staff fearing for their careers and the quality of education on offer have made a personal plea to management to stop the cuts. Audio

Officials say they have made progress on UN orders to provide compensation and apologies, but one of the two former patients, Malcolm Richards, disagrees.

Eddie Chapman turned 100 today, quite an achievement for a man who spent his 21st birthday in a German prisoner of war camp.

Wearing secondhand clothes, making food last longer and free activities for the children are some of the ways people are coping with the cost-of-living crunch.

On Wednesday afternoon the Horowhenua Kāpiti rugby team take on the might of Wellington in a David versus Goliath Ranfurly Shield clash in Levin.

For more than three decades motorists on State Highway 1 through the central North Island couldn't miss the old aeroplane on the side of the road at Mangaweka.

A former patient of the Lake Alice psychiatric hospital says while he can't tell the court about his experience there, his story is an important reminder of the need to investigate claims of… Audio

After Cyclone Gabrielle struck Hawke's Bay, a country pub became a bustling community centre for locals needing to sort their lives.

Fifty years ago 242 men left New Zealand on a mission to Mururoa Atoll, in French Polynesia. Little did they know that the fallout would continue decades later.

After a $5m guarantee from the government just ahead of the busy school holiday fortnight, all that's needed is snow - but the forecast suggests this will arrive too.

It seems no one will ever be convicted for the abuse of patients at Lake Alice psychiatric hospital's notorious child and adolescent unit.

Two teenagers escaped from a youth justice residence when scaffolding was erected too close to a fence during a teaching exercise, giving the runaways a step up to freedom.

Thirty-nine Kiwi athletes are on Wednesday boarding a plane for Berlin to compete in the Special Olympics.

Known for outlet stores and speciality shops, Ōtaki was also famous as a traffic bottle neck. The new expressway has killed the town - or it's a win-win - depending on who you talk to.

The former leaseholder of Chateau Tongariro says it will share the building's seismic assessment with the Department of Conservation when ongoing negotiations finish.

Many doctors at Palmerston North Hospital operate under a siege mentality, where they fear speaking out about concerns, and they often face barriers when trying to transfer patients between…

Oliver Candy, one of New Zealand's last living World War II veterans, still remembers the moment he heard the war had ended.

Mark Lundy has been denied parole today after serving almost 21 years for the August 2000 murders of his wife and daughter in Palmerston North.

The Chateau Tongariro hotel looks unlikely to reopen its doors any time soon while its earthquake resilience is assessed.