Stories by Kate Green

After an apology, survivors of abuse in care says it's time for action. Audio

Survivors of abuse say it is vital that real change and accountability stem from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care.

A second doctor has been hired at an understaffed doctors clinic in Lower Hutt, which has had to rely on mostly virtual consults to accommodate its 9000 patients.

The saga continues over the controversial carparks to cycleway plan on Thorndon Quay, as the Court of Appeal takes aim at the council's decision-making process.

The Primary Health Organisation says a struggling Lower Hutt doctors' clinic cannot entirely blame the national workforce shortage for its own near total lack of staff.

A former staff member at a Lower Hutt GP practice with 9000 patients and only one doctor says pressure on staff to see patients fast led to mass resignations.

Homeowners are worried insurance companies will use the report as an excuse to refuse to cover their homes.

新规定下，60平米以内简易型住房不再需要建筑许可，业内人士表示这将改善新西兰的住房供给水平。

The Ombudsman found the Department of Conservation was both unlawful and unreasonable in its refusal to provide copies of its advice to ministers.

Proposed law changes would remove the need for building consents on homes under 60 square metres in certain areas. Audio

Jobs are in limbo and environmental gains set to be lost as the programme nears its end date. Audio

Residents have complained of a horrible smell, visible sewage and toilet paper spilling out to sea for years.

A bill changing freshwater protection rules is prompting more accusations of the coalition government prioritising profit over protection.

The government's only new environmental funding will go to resource management reforms, which have been relaxing rules for natural protection.

The man behind a far-right media platform who claimed he was wrongfully arrested outside court during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic has had a court case against the police dismissed.

The proposed further reduction of 24 jobs will affect staff working on road safety campaigns.

A law firm that works with survivors of abuse in state care says job cuts will further slow down the release of victims' records.

Someone will have to front the cost of land-use changes necessary to protect the environment, the government's top environmental advisor warns.

It isn't meets obligations to find alternative roles for staff it is making redundant, the Public Service Association says.

But a recruitment firm is attributing a huge increase in applications to public sector job cuts.

A local resident saw the blaze from his bedroom window and says the flames kept "getting bigger and bigger".

The former head of a Mt Ruapehu ski field which went into receivership disagrees with concerns for its future commercial viability.

While the method wasn't watertight in court, Wellington's regional council says it still plans to use it to identify potential wetlands around the region.

The Transport Ministry has questioned whether KiwiRail is capable of continuing to run the service.

Up to 10,000 more hungry children under five will become eligible for free lunches under the government's revised lunches in schools programme.