Mary Argue

A path of destruction has been cut through a rural settlement in Motueka Valley, with one local blaming slash, saying "thousands of tonnes of logs and silt" came down. Audio

Locals say a big clean-up is underway, after the river burst its banks.

A local business owner guided RNZ through the "warzone" caused by a flooded creek.

But the new bosses of both the mountain's fields say the best is yet to come.

The group wants the Chatham Rise fishery closed to return the species to healthy stock levels. Audio

The agency wants to trial re-allocating 12 beds as a medical ward for emergency department patients. Audio

The centre replaced its entire board last month after issuing an urgent plea for financial help.

The elderly woman found dead in her home in Wellington's suburb of Khandallah last year was bludgeoned, a forensic pathologist has told a jury.

Helen Gregory, 79, was killed in January last year, and her daughter Julia DeLuney is on trial for her murder at the High Court in Wellington.

Scientists are hopeful a supercharged weather forecaster will be one of the winners in the biggest overhaul of the science sector in 30 years.

The not-for-profit wildlife centre in Wairarapa recently put out an urgent plea for financial help.

Heritage NZ is "deeply disappointed" at the Wellington building's seemingly imminent demolition and says refurbishment is still achievable.

A disability support service has installed alarms on its doors after a resident went missing and was found more than a day later, cold and naked.

BK Engineering says it took out loans to stay afloat after its work at Pūkaha Mt Bruce National Wildlife Centre. Audio

The not-for-profit Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre in Wairarapa has put out an urgent plea for financial help.

A new dame and knight in Wairarapa have met their titles with surprise and humour.

The sector is facing its biggest overhaul in decades.

A plane passenger has described the "unnerving" sideways movement of a plane which was trying to land.

One solution is a tiny parasitic worm that kills the Portuguese millipede from the inside out.

Octopus are wild and solitary. Plans to farm them are therefore cruel, say animal rights advocates.

The rise in abuse, both online and in person, towards Wellington City Council staff had coincided with the Covid-19 pandemic.

The fatal Wellington boarding house fire in 2023 killed five and left many others homeless. Audio

But the lawyer who defended some of the protesters says criminalising protesters is worrying and the charges should never have been laid.

Jurors in the first trial couldn't reach an agreement on whether the protests carried an unreasonable risk to the public.

Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand and UNICEF Aotearoa are planning to launch a new production facility in Jordan.