Stories by Elizabeth Brown

The weather on Campbell Island is getting warmer and wetter - bad news for critically endangered birds, DOC says.

As the kowhai blooms, some residents around Wellington are being treated to frenzied, flocking displays by ever-increasing numbers of tui. Video

A hydro-electric dam under construction in a remote part of Laos gave way after torrential rain last month, killing at least 39 people, since then foreign media have been shut out of the country and…

Much of the northern hemisphere is sweltering in a heatwave which is rewriting the record books.

The countdown for the on-again, off-again and now very on-again Singapore summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump is underway and Singaporeans are bracing for…

It's been a long time in the public eye, but before politics Bill English was a Dipton boy named Simon.

Jacinda Ardern is set to be one of the ten youngest world leaders, but is joining a trend of fresh-faced politicians succeeding, writes RNZ's Liz Brown.

A New Zealander has been named by Amnesty International as having links to a company it says is involved in illicit arms sales to South Sudan.

Barack Obama, who will give his final speech as US president today, swept into office on a tide of hope and optimism, but his term has been filled with frustration and disappointment.