Stories by Kate Newton

Since the 1950s, the Ngaruroro River in Hawke’s Bay has been steadily and deliberately restricted to a channel half its former width. As the likelihood of extreme flooding increases, is it time to…

RNZ compared notes Associate Health Minister Casey Costello sent to officials, with a range of documents produced by the tobacco industry and its supporters. Intentional or not, there are frequent –…

For the inside running on who might win the 2020 election, forget the polls. Instead, consider Birkenhead Baptist Church.

Auckland’s dams are half-empty and huge swathes of the country are reeling from one of the deepest droughts New Zealand has ever experienced. Climate scientists say: get used to it.

The first-ever release of a Prime Minister's diary shows a glimpse of what it means to run the country.

Nearly 37,000 meetings and appointments are documented in just-released ministerial diaries going back to the beginning of the Labour-led government, showing just who's doing the mahi

There's a momentum behind women in sport right now, say athletes and officials. The Government has identified increasing women's participation as one of its key prioroties. Kate Newton and Megan…

New Zealand’s Commonwealth Games team will arrive back home today laden down with one of the country’s largest-ever medal hauls. [*Kate Newton*] looks back at the highlights, the lowlights and…

An 11-year-old Welsh table tennis prodigy was the youngest competitor in the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Kate Newton went to see what the fuss was all about.

Shaye Boddington was set for international diving success as a teenager when she dropped out of the sport altogether. More than a decade later, she's back with a second shot.

A legal regime for medicinal cannabis products is looming on the horizon - but a thriving network of 'green fairies' already exists.

When the earthquake lifted Kaikōura's harbour, it left dolphin and whale tour operators like Lynette Buurman literally high and dry. She tells [*Kate Newton*] the year since has been the hardest…

Kaikōura gave a UK couple the fright of their lives a year ago. Now they’re back to see what round two has in store.

The Lidgard family were airlifted from their house near Ohau Point 11 days after the earthquake. A year later, they're yet to return.

Nerviness from aftershocks has given way to the frustration and depression of trying to rebuild, Kaikōura psychologist Lisa Moffat says.

Re-building State Highway 1 north of Kaikōura has created hundreds of temporary jobs for locals and meant boom times for local contractors. Peter and Catherine Ford are among them.

Through the long, tiring days that followed the Kaikōura quake, Shaz Rayner's coffee cart was a bright spot for everyone in town. A year later, not much has changed.

Those who made it onto Auckland's property ladder in the nick of time have reaped the benefits since 2008. Kate Newton asks whether anything has improved for those left renting.

New Zealand’s involvement in the Five Eyes spy alliance and government privacy breaches have turned a spotlight on how the government is using big data – but as Kate Newton reports, the private sector… Video