Stories by Krystal Gibbens

Aurora are more likely in the next couple of months and years, and people living at the bottom of the South Island are likely to get the best view.

Communities isolated by Cyclone Gabrielle are making the best of things as Civil Defence tries to keep essential supplies flowing.

A passenger on board Bluebridge's Cook Strait ferry says the company did not communicate with passengers about a serious injury.

Advocates want employment provisions and better medical guidance for people suffering from Long Covid.

Donations and messages of goodwill have been flooding in from around the country for devastated Hawke's Bay, Gisborne and Auckland communities.

A resident says people were calling for help from their rooftops as floodwaters ripped through the area. Audio

Donations are flooding in to the embattled Hawke's Bay, but a volunteer from the Haumoana community says while people have been generous, they're not sending the right things.

Napier residents are angry at how long it has taken to restore power, internet and cellphone reception.

An investigation into an early Covid-19 outbreak has concluded there was a delay in contact tracing for Pacific people, despite their vulnerabilities.

The Coromandel is facing yet another long weekend of cancelled hospitality bookings.

Scientists from Victoria University of Wellington say warming waters in Fiordland could be responsible for the loss of up to 10 percent of one of the most abundant marine sponges in Pātea-Doubtful…

A warning alert has gone out to Coromandel Peninsula residents, asking them to prepare of the next bout of weather, and to move away from unstable land. Audio

Small businesses across Aotearoa aren't confident the new prime minister will address their issues in time to win them over before the general election.

Federated Farmers says residual material and slash from forestry harvesting contributed to the damage to farmland when the ex-tropical cyclone made landfall this month.

Children could increasingly be pushed back into work as a result of a ban on women aid workers in Afghanistan, Save the Children is warning.

The SPCA is warning people buying chickens because of the egg shortage need to remember the birds can live eight to 10 years.

The Tiny House Association (THA) wants to see a national standard, so rules among councils are the same, and prohibitive legislation and lending rules also addressed.

Hundreds have fled campsites in the Far North as winds rip up tents and ruin Kiwis' summer plans.

November was the only month in 2022 to see house prices average below $900,000.

House prices are expected to fall further as the new year unravels.

They say it's the most wonderful time of the year. But what isn't so wonderful is the waste that can come with the festive season.

A petition calling on Pharmac to "fund lifesaving medicines for all New Zealand children" has been received at Parliament today by ACT and Te Pāti Māori.

Explainer - House prices are continuing to drop at the same time interest rates are climbing - but what does that mean for sellers and buyers?

The hospice offering palliative care services in the Wellington region is taking only the most urgent admissions for at least the next fortnight as it struggles to recruit staff.

Police have located the body of a diver who was reported missing yesterday at Karaka Bay in Wellington.