Stories by Tim Brown

A petition calling for Gore District Council's chief executive to resign has garnered almost 1000 signatures in less than a day.

Niki Gladding is concerned the local council is being lumped with fixing a problem central government should be tackling.

Gore District Council has been paralysed for months due to the ructions in the organisation, chief executive Stephen Parry says. Audio

Te Whatu Ora was directed to find cost cuts for the new Dunedin Hospital build, as prices skyrocketed due to inflation.

The Dunedin City Council has been told planned cuts to the city's new hospital are "stupid".

The small community in Hawke's Bay was a hive of activity yesterday as residents and volunteers cleaned out homes.

A key piece in the vision of connecting Queenstown and Dunedin airports by cycle trail can now proceed.

A memorial service to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Ballantynes department store fire will be held at the Christchurch Transitional Cathedral this evening.

Two people involved in a car crash off a cliff are so lucky they should "go and get a Lotto ticket this weekend", one of their rescuers says.

In this year's local elections six candidates are carrying the affiliation of Refreshing Local Democracy. But who and what is Refreshing Local Democracy, and what do the candidates stand for?

Christchurch mayoral hopeful Carl Bromley supported conspiracy theorists Kelvyn Alp and Hannah Spierer at court this week. So RNZ confronted him about his views and others he supports.

As Local Government NZ unveils a guide to local body candidates in the wake of conspiracy theorists and extremists seeking elected office, RNZ asked some of them why they are standing and what they…

As a coroner releases his findings into the 2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash, a brother of one of the seven victims says he hopes some positive change finally comes from the tragedy. Audio

The sightseeing flight became one of New Zealand's deadliest air disasters when the Airbus Helicopter crashed in 2015, killing seven people.

Community groups are calling for Contact Energy's Clyde Dam consent conditions to be revisited.

The company at the centre of vaccination failures in Otago did not have cold chain accreditation at the time almost 1600 people received incorrectly stored vaccines.

It's hoped work on the next connections between Otago's cycle trails will begin this year - when finished a continuous 600km network of trails will link Queenstown to Dunedin.

The man who stabbed four people during a frenzied knife attack in a central Dunedin supermarket will spend at least six years behind bars.

More than 1300 cases were recorded in the Southern DHB on Monday, just a few hundred off the Omicron peak, but those on the frontline say healthcare services are holding up. Audio

A group of antivax and anti-mandate protesters have been given an ultimatum by the Dunedin City Council - pack up and leave, or be moved on.

Following the 23-day occupation, a new group has sprung up demanding an end to all Covid-19 restrictions. Audio

A man whose personal bank account was used to receive donations for the Parliament protest is bankrupt and has been declared insolvent three times.

Police will not give details about finances and their investigation into the protest which occupied Parliament's grounds and surrounding streets.

The anti-mandate protests in Wellington and around the country have also contained a strong anti-media sentiment with reporters abused and threatened. Audio

Queenstown's hospitality providers are calling for government support to survive the Omicron surge.