Stories by Natalie Akoorie

The drownings of eight children aged under six in one summer have prompted an investigation by the coroner who says adults must more closely supervise young children near the water.

Former Hamilton councillor Mark Donovan, who quit last month after taking on a full-time job late last year, said he was never a controversial character.

At least 15,000 patients are currently waiting for an echocardiogram for cardiac and cancer treatment. Audio

An Otago student has set up a petition to have disgraced Dunedin artist John Middleditch's sculpture removed from public display at the University of Otago.

Tensions erupted in the Hamilton District Court when a man charged with murdering a 26-year-old and injuring another appeared in the dock.

KiwiRail failed to follow a decade-old Coroner's recommendation to fence an area of railway line where a young Matamata College student was killed by a train this week.

The survivor's 2012 complaint was ignored - she had since made another complaint this year resulting in the removal of the sculpture.

Brain cancer is the biggest cancer killer of people under 40 - but in New Zealand there is no register to keep track of the deadly disease.

Two paintings and a plaque identifying a water sculpture by the late prominent artist John Middleditch have been removed.

Brothers Andrew, James and Peter Buttle appealed against their company's conviction which saw them fined $1.045 million and ordered to pay $4.88m in reparation to the victims.

Councillor Louise Hutt says the cost of creating a bylaw, including legal advice and public consultation, could be better spent funding social services in Hamilton.

"My complaints and requests were ignored," says a woman who wants a New Zealand artist's sculptures removed from Dunedin Hospital. Audio

Jessica Lee Rose Mulford, now 20, was found guilty of manslaughter last year.

The New Zealand Herald owner is slashing roles across its newsrooms.

Overweight patients are being targeted by medical tourism companies and often don't understand the risks, doctors say. Audio

A Hamilton councillor says the government's Local Government Water Services Bill has failed at providing local authorities with any certainty when it comes to water, and left them feeling like an…

The government's proposed new water delivery legislation over-rides Treaty of Waitangi settlement obligations and will be "problematic" for the ongoing protection of the Waikato River, according to…

Major surgical cases have been delayed in some places because of a strike by lab workers at public hospitals in Wellington, Palmerston North, Tauranga, Rotorua, Whakatāne, Nelson and Dunedin.

Stu Edmondson has pleaded not guilty to murdering a hunter and attempting to kill another.

There was no evidence VJ Tutai's death was at the hands of drug dealers over a possible debt.

New Zealand branch of international mining company OceanaGold is proposing further development through the Waihī North and Martha Open Pit projects.

The printer arm moves around building up layers, says one of those involved in the country's first 3D printed show home.

Music lovers are spoiled for choice when it comes to summer festivals across the motu, but rising production and artist costs - along with dwindling ticket sales - are proving challenging for…

A source inside Waikato Hospital said the acute demand had increased significantly.

The valuations were due in October last year.