Jean Edwards

It's six months since a fire tore through part of Christchurch's main wastewater treatment plant. But residents in neighbouring Bromley are sick of the resulting stench that's invaded their homes. Audio

This afternoon, New Zealanders will learn what the government's dishing out in this year's budget.

Health is expected to be the big-ticket item today with the reforms taking up a decent chunk of the… Audio

Kids who live near Christchurch's burnt-out wastewater treatment plant are hiding in their bedrooms when the revolting smell is too much to bear.

Council contractors are about to start removing the… Audio

Emergency department staff at Christchurch Hospital are continuing to be punched, spat on, sworn at and sexually harassed by patients, despite efforts to stem violence and aggression by patients.

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The putrid stench emanating from the wastewater treatment plant in the Christchurch suburb of Bromley is keeping people awake at night and making them want to dry-retch.

The plant's trickling filters… Audio

Otago University researchers have found asbestos fibres are leaching into Christchurch's drinking water from ageing underground pipes.

While they insist there's no immediate cause for public health… Audio

Water you wouldn't even drink after boiling it - Canterbury's Selwyn residents are fed up with the state of their water.

National Party leader Christopher Luxon was in Canterbury today, promising to… Audio

The search for the last person missing after a fishing charter boat capsized off North Cape on Sunday night will resume this morning.

Four people died and and five were rescued when the "Enchanter"… Audio

Stalling booster rates are worrying health chiefs, who say people shouldn't consider themselves fully vaccinated unless they've had their third dose.

The number of COVID-19 infections has edged up… Audio

Sex workers have a long history of trading under a red light, but the new phase of the coronavirus pandemic has left many struggling for financial survival and vulnerable people in danger.

Their… Audio

Some people with disabilities who usually have help at home are trying to manage on their own, as Covid-19 sweeps across Aotearoa.

The Disability Rights Commissioner is so concerned about the support… Audio

A coroner has heard a man feared his brother was alive but left for dead following the terror attack at Christchurch's Al Noor Mosque.

Almost three years after white supremacist Brenton Tarrant… Audio

More than five weeks ago, torrential rain set off a series of giant mudslides that washed away the road in Banks Peninsula's Goughs Bay.

But quad bikes are still the only way in and out. Frustrated… Video, Audio

Lab scientists are warning the country's diagnostic testing services could be quickly overwhelmed if the Covid-19 Omicron variant spreads as quickly here as it is in New South Wales.

The Government… Audio

For the first time in four months, Aucklanders will finally get the chance to head south when the city's border opens tomorrow.

It's likely to be a day of busy airports, tearful reunions and a little… Audio

Tech companies say thousands more overseas recruits are needed to help offset a critical skills shortage exacerbated by border closures.

The government is granting six hundred border exceptions to… Audio

Melbourne has awoken to its fourth lockdown, with the Covid cluster increasing this morning to a total of 30 positive cases. For the next week, people in the state of Victoria are in strict lockdown… Audio