Ruth Hill

A damning independent report has found Fire and Emergency's workplace culture is poor and its complaints process deepens trauma experienced by complainants. The report was conducted for the Public… Audio

The travel plans for thousands of holiday-makers could be up in the air due to a bad batch of imported jet fuel.

Airlines have been told they will receive 75 percent of what they'd planned to use out… Audio

Crushed between rising interest rates and runaway inflation - why are households being forced to bear the cost of fixing the economy?

At least one leading economist reckons the Reserve Bank, the… Audio

Children who need operations in Wellington and the lower North Island will continue to rely on out-of-town surgeons flying in, for another two years.

Specialists say the collapse of paediatric… Audio

Some newly-graduated doctors warn the lack of hands-on learning during their training has left them feeling ill-prepared for the reality of dealing with emergencies.

A study published Friday  in the… Audio

The number of children prescribed puberty blockers because they don't identify with their assigned gender is more than 10 times higher than it was a decade ago.

That's more than ten times the rate in… Audio

Wellington council has signed off on a proposal to cut speed limits to 30km/h on most streets and 40km/h on the main roads.

Paris, Bilbao, Brussels and Glasgow have done it - but it may be a long and… Audio

The number of Covid cases continues to fall for the second week running but the pressure on hospitals is unrelenting.

And the daily death toll may keep tracking up for weeks yet. Ruth Hill reports. Audio

It may not feel like it, but wages are rising at their fastest rate since late 2008, whipped on by labour shortages in almost every sector.

All the pundits predicted we'd see record low unemployment… Audio

Former members of The Plymouth Brethren Church are calling for it to be stripped of its charitable status, which allows it to claim millions of dollars in tax breaks each year.

The secretive… Audio

Overworked, understaffed and under extreme pressure. That's not just the situation at Middlemore Hospital but also at almost every other DHB in the country, with a massive influx of patients suffering… Audio

Nearly one-in-three nursing students drop-out before qualifying, due to financial pressure, family responsibilities and other factors made worse by Covid-19.

At the same time, health boards and rest… Audio

Commercial property owners in Wellington are worried they may be stuck with office towers no-one wants to rent or insure.

There are now about 150 buildings in the CBD which share the same… Audio

Levin has been left to deal with a trail of destruction after a wild storm ripped through the town this morning.

Rooves lifted off homes - debris scattered - schools closed and power lines left… Video, Audio

In Levin, residents were woken by torrential hail nearly the size of golf balls, and what they are describing as a tornado.

MetService says it recorded a wind gust of 140 kilometres per hour in… Audio

Critics of the multimillion dollar Reading Recovery programme want it overhauled or even scrapped following new research showing it's left some children worse off.

The United States study found those… Audio