Stories by Katie Todd

A media personality and an accountant accused of money laundering for the Comancheros gang were cleared of the charges today - with one copping a fine for drug possession instead.

Academics who made allegations of racism at the University of Waikato are welcoming the outcome of an independent review.

Farmers and growers say if agriculture is going to drag the country's economy back into shape, they will need help to fix labour shortages. Audio

Economists, real estate agents and property buyers are shrugging off a Treasury forecast of a 5 percent price dip by June before a rebound.

Friends and family of two missing stock handlers hope satellite technology can find signs of life in the South China Sea, two weeks since the Gulf Livestock 1 capsized, carrying 43 crew.

Some central Auckland businesses are bewildered by the government's upbeat economic analysis.

Calls for more punitive action against anti-lockdown protesters, are being dismissed as unnecessary by organisers and some scientists alike.

The government has sounded a strong warning after revealing people linked to the Mt Roskill church cluster were sceptical about the seriousness of the pandemic.

"It is what it is" was the overwhelming sentiment on the streets today, as Aucklanders digested news of at least another 12 days at alert level 2.5. Video

Around one in eight New Zealand retail businesses do not think they will survive 2021, while almost a quarter believe their fate could go either way.

Seven members of DHB's executive team have resigned since July, and one spoke out today pointing to the "adversarial" attitude of the board members as her reason for exiting.

The Canterbury medical community's frustration with its health chiefs reached a boiling point today, with a protest, an open letter and two more resignations on the District Health Board's executive…

Businesses have until noon today to display the government's Covid Tracer QR code before it becomes mandatory.

Christchurch Hospital's new Acute Services Building finally has an opening date of 16 November after two years of delays and going at least $80 million over budget.

Lawyers say they're facing a deluge of separation enquiries as relationships buckle under the pressures of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Witnesses have recalled the traumatic early moments of the 2017 Port Hills fire in the High Court in Christchurch today.

Amid dwindling numbers of international visitors, a novel attraction is helping to lure Aucklanders to their city's most popular landmark. Video

Auckland Transport's $47 million plan to upgrade the only road in and out of Devonport could be dead in the water. Video

A Te Anau farmer accused of slashing and burning down 800 hectares of native forest in two years has been served with an interim court order to stop.

It took WorkSafe nearly 11 months to make any contact with some Christchurch residents neighbouring a home destroyed in a gas explosion last July.

The Tahr Foundation says it was "completely unaware" the phrase was often used in reference to the Christchurch mosque attacks.

Eager fans of the New Zealand Army Band queued for 90 minutes before the Christchurch Town Hall doors swung open yesterday, for the first show at the venue since lockdown.

Tweaks to tobacco laws will see stricter rules at the border from next week and it is hoped that will help snuff out cigarette smuggling and tobacco tax evasion.

A Dairy Flat resident says a tornado last night sounded like a plane crashing into her house, while another this morning hit industrial buildings in East Tamaki.

As the Black Lives Matter movement sweeps the consumer market, Afghan biscuits, Eskimo Pie ice cream, and Chicos and Red Skins lollies are getting new identities on supermarket shelves.