Kate Green

Contractors in Tai Rāwhiti are turning to other ways to make ends meet, leaving skilled workers underpaid and undervalued. Audio

专项补助申领不影响其他福利金正常申领，但需符合特定条件

Help for storm-affected residents to pay rent has been called a "lifeline" by homeowners.

Owners of homes affected by flooding and Cyclone Gabrielle are set to receive payments towards their temporary accommodation.

When the floodwater roared through Takitimu Marae in early February, there was nothing the community could do as it swept through the dining hall, ablution block, kitchen and wharenui. Audio

In Hawke's Bay, food trading platform Magic Beans is doing its best to combat the rising cost of food and interpersonal disconnection in some communities.

The Transport and Infrastructure Committee has recommended the government launch scoping studies for four rail services throughout the North Island.

Demand for counselling for young people on the East Coast has shot up since Cyclone Gabrielle, with primary students remembering how they had to flee their homes.

Farmers and growers will receive help to secure cheaper loans, rather than given cash up front.

Gisborne ratepayers have avoided a high rates increase this year with a rise of only 6.5 percent, compared to neighbouring cities.

GNS scientists have tentatively identified them as vertebrae from two species - both more than 70 million years old.

Along the fence lines of the cyclone-devastated Esk Valley, red roses still turn their little faces towards the pale winter sun, and their unusually strong flush this year has turned heads.

As the Tūtaekurī River rose, the inhabitants of Rowan House were driven to safety on the back of a tow truck.

Communities on the East Coast say they are sick of band-aid fixes and being praised for their resilience.

The Silver Collar greyhound race comes less than a month after the release of a damning government-commissioned report by the Racing Integrity Board.

The Chamber of Commerce says its decisions on distributing grants were fair, and the government has commended its staff for their work.

Councillors are supporting council staff for their decisive decision-making during the Cyclone Gabrielle, despite confusion over the bill being worsened by bad record keeping.

After three months of moving goods along the East Coast by sea rather than road, the government-funded "blue highway" has reached its end.

Amid national outrage over the treatment of a kiwi at Miami Zoo, DOC and a private sanctuary are under investigation over whether our national birds have been mistreated here at home.

Residents affected by Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland floods say their accommodation money is running out.

Rural Gisborne whānau are sleeping easy at night, knowing they have a permanent home on the land of their tīpuna.

The devastated stretch of SH2 between Napier and Wairoa has reopened, and reporter Kate Green drove the highway to get an early glimpse of how it lies now.

Families are still displaced and hundreds of homes unliveable in Wairoa, three months after Cyclone Gabrielle.

East Coast residents are frustrated with the pace of decision making following Cyclone Gabrielle.

Antarctica New Zealand has installed a Starlink at Scott Base, which is expected to boost connection speeds by a factor of 10.