Stories by Joe Shaw

Budget documents revealed tightening the pay-equity regime would net the government $2.7 billion every year.

Some driving schools are offering high-tech car simulators to mimic real-life hazards.

A Canterbury business owner is absolutely gutted after more than half of his winter feed went up in flames.

Queenstown Lakes District Council has approved consent, but some community members aren't happy about not being consulted.

Councillors say shopping abandoned trolleys are causing a nuisance and costing businesses millions of dollars.

Dash-cam footage showed the vehicle driven through thick fog and reaching speeds up to 82km/h.

About six to 10 yellow-bellied sea snakes are seen each year, mostly around the northeast coast of the North Island.

A proposal for Ōamaru's historic town centre and port to be designated as a national historic landmark has been approved by the Waitaki District Council.

The crash has blocked Canning Rd at Camberley, Hastings.

A man has pleaded guilty to murdering a woman at her Mt Pleasant home in Christchurch.

Each of the 'super pressure balloons' is roughly the size of a rugby stadium.

Christchurch City Council states seven workers are on strike, while 14 others continue with their roles.

A levy would contribute to the recycling of baleage and silage covers.

Baleage preserves the quality of winter fodder on the farm, but calls to improve farm plastic recycling rates or solve the problem of silage wrap waste altogether are growing louder.

Footage shows the hatchback on the wrong side of the road, forcing oncoming traffic on to the shoulder.

Ivan Van de Water was one of two men on board the light plane over the weekend.

Te Whatu Ora last week issued a warning about toxic blue-green algae in Lake Hood near Ashburton.

Researchers say we must change the way we manage river flooding risks, and communities cannot continue to build ever bigger stop-banks.

The Chalice in Cathedral Square was erected in 2001 and will cost $400,000 to restore.

A pod of almost 500 dolphins has been spotted by an eagle-eyed pilot near Kaikōura.

The Only Fools and Horses race started as an idea tossed around at the pub. Audio

The well-thumbed novel was given to the trust by an anonymous donor, covered in sooty fingerprints and the smell of seal blubber that fuelled explorers' stoves and lamps.

The man was at the end of a progressive, debilitating neurological disease, and was assessed to not be expected to survive beyond four months.

Researchers from Otago, Victoria and Massey universities, along with GNS Science, establish a relationship to earthquake swarms and slow slip quakes along the Hikurangi subdication zone, but often…

A man was admitted to hospital suffering episodes of fainting and dizzy spells after being wrongly overprescribed medication.