Stories by Emile Donovan

It might seem barking mad but as things stand, anyone can open a doggy daycare centre without needing any credentials at all. Audio

Petrol prices would drop if it was made easier for new players to enter the market, the country's largest independent petrol company says.

A hard-of-hearing athlete has received an apology and settlement, nearly three years after her discrimination complaint.

Provincial rugby players will be tested for concussion before being injured as the national sport tries to tackle the problem of brain injuries.

The national game is stuck in a mindset that Māori and Pasifika players are all brawn and no brain, an academic says.

The combined might of high school students, soldiers, teachers and Lions fans went into the effort today. Video

The common Lions fan is distinctive and easy to find in their natural habitat - the pub - nursing wounds and drinks at 11am on a Wednesday, writes Emile Donovan.

A foster mother is urging the government to address problems that caregivers say have been lingering for years. Audio

Lions fan Robin Hughes is hoping to be reunited with the four New Zealanders he gave Rugby World Cup final tickets to in Paris in 2007.

The government needs to start paying a salary to caregivers at state-owned family homes if it wants to help young people in need, advocates say.

An application to give New Zealand's largest and clearest freshwater springs the equivalent of National Park status has gained the support of the Environment Minister.

The Prime Minister is confident in security experts' ability to keep the thousands of fans flocking to the British and Irish Lions tour safe, following the attack in Manchester.

A new proposal from the British Prime Minister could make it harder for New Zealanders to find skilled work in the United Kingdom.

Ashburton's mayor is confident the mid-Canterbury town still has work to offer to hundreds of meatworkers who could lose their jobs next month.

Wellington's economy would be devastated if the capital was hit by a similar earthquake to the 2011 Canterbury quake, a new report says.

Roughly 60 percent of New Zealanders have less than $10,000 in savings, according to a new report out of Victoria University.

Trauma experts will be on hand to help out staff and students when Edgecumbe's two major schools reopen for the new term on Monday.

Hundreds of disability support workers around the country took to the streets this morning in a one-hour strike against their working conditions.

The Health Minister has dismissed a government advisor's call to stop schools selling chocolate to raise funds.

Carbon emissions from buildings in developed countries more than doubled between 1990 and 2010 and New Zealand is among the worst culprits, a new report shows.

One man hopes to give travelling Lions fans a taste of Kiwi culture through the time-honoured tradition of billeting.

An exhibition of earthquake-inspired artwork by four Kaikōura artists has opened at Parliament's Bowen House.

Tour guides told a Christchurch family they could pat the cheetahs. Then one of them mauled 14-year-old Isaac Driver "as though it was eating him".

A protest against rape culture, sparked by Wellington College boys posting comments online about having sex with unconscious girls, will change venue after threats of violence.

Two Wellington College boys' social media posts about raping drunk, unconscious girls are being described as disturbingly commonplace.