Timothy Brown

Fire and Emergency says the quick thinking of residents and emergency services saved lives during last year's Lake Ōhau wildfire.

Investigators say the blaze - which destroyed 48 homes and buildings… Audio

Health data from Saturday show that 81 percent of the eligible population have received their second Covid-19 vaccine.

Auckland is close to reaching 90 percent full vaccinated - currently just one… Audio

The Delta outbreak has unleashed a greater willingness to use derogatory and offensive slurs as part of public discourse.

That's the take of one University of Auckland research fellow who says terms… Audio

A Dunedin man who brutally murdered a couple before setting their home alight to hide his crimes, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Wiremu Namana appeared in the High Court in Dunedin this… Audio

Dozens of people have turned out for the first day of a farmgate vaccination tour of Southland.

Two mayors from the region have teamed up to tow teams of vaccinators in caravans to remote settlements… Audio

The Prime Minister has dangled the carrot of lifting some restrictions in the south if they can get the island 90 percent fully vaccinated.

Community and business leaders say this provides the step… Audio

There's mixed feelings in the South Island over the government's continued decision to hold at alert level 2 despite more than a year since the last community Covid case.

Some say the safety-first… Audio

Dozens of people from around the south gave up their time at the weekend to test and improve how Milford Sound Piopiotahi will respond to an emergency, such as a magnitude 8 earthquake along the… Audio

Ohai is today closing the book on its more than century long association with coal.

The small western Southland settlement sprang up around large coal deposits discovered in the 1910s, but its time… Video, Audio

Christchurch Airport has today released analysis showing Tarras - a small Central Otago farming settlement - can support an international airport.

The airport - which is owned by Christchurch City… Audio

Could Queenstown Lakes be the experiment with inclusionary zoning that New Zealand needs?

The district council is seeking feedback on plans that could see developers having to hand over homes or cash… Audio

Police are investigating the death of three children in Timaru, after officers were alerted to the triple homicide last night.

Emergency services were called to a Queen Street flat in the suburb of… Video, Audio

The neighbours of a controversial composting and worm farming business in North Taranaki have had their noses put out of joint by a regional councillor questioning whether their olfactory organs are… Audio

Maori are calling on the government to trust them to lead Covid-19 vaccination efforts in their communities.

They say they can do a far better job and just need to be able to get on and improve the… Audio

As people flood into vaccine centres each day to get their shots, a small group are unable to get the Pfizer vaccine.

They're not conspiracy theorists, they're not anti-vaxxers, they just need an… Audio

A major drive is on to get young people vaccinated against Covid-19 - at a pop up clinic in Dunedin today.

The focus is on young Māori and Pasifika, but is open to the whole community.

Our… Audio

Pasifika now lead the way in full vaccinations among people aged 40 and above.

The community has been targeted by abusive messages after it was revealed that a church service just days before… Audio

Businesses in the lower south say they need certainty about when they'll be able to re-open.

Some say the certainty of a longer lockdown would even be preferable to the false hope of the drip-fed… Audio