Stories by Niva Chittock

The mother of a teenager who received a permanent eye injury on a school trip says she feels there is a failing of culture at WorkSafe.

Zero Waste Network Aotearoa says the company behind a controversial waste incinerator should not be allowed to buy land.

Canterbury Regional Council has finally restarted willow tree planting and chemical spraying, six months after a complaint was made about its safety practices.

Te Whatu Ora says it does not know how many complaints involving gang members in hospitals are being made because it does not consistently record the data.

Gore District Council's chief executive Stephen Parry says allegations of internal bullying have been "extremely hurtful and stressful".

Christchurch City Councillors have voted to keep a controversial temporary cycle lane installed by council staff last month.

Police say it was disturbing to see how two brothers used Christchurch bar Mama Hooch to prey on victims.

A witness has told a Coroner's Court hearing she recognised 11-year-old Mike Zhou-Beckenridge and his step dad, John Beckenridge, instantly.

Education Outdoors New Zealand says it is working with Whangārei Boys' High School on the review brought about by the death of one of its students in the Abbey Caves.

A Christchurch city councillor wants the Local Government Minister to help reverse a decision to chlorinate the city's drinking water.

The company behind a waste-to-energy proposal in Canterbury is "very pleased" it can proceed to the public consultation stage after being rejected twice in 2022.

More than 150 Canterbury households have been boiling their water for the last 18 months - and they want compensation.

An inquiry into a fatal school caving trip in Whangārei will focus on why it went ahead despite heavy rain and thunderstorm warnings, a former WorkSafe investigator says.

Whangārei Boys' High School had been aware the caving network where a student's body has been found was prone to flooding and had done a detailed risk assessment plan.

Church services, tree plantings and 21-gun salutes marked King Charles' Coronation in Aotearoa.

Parking troubles at Christchurch Hospital are set to continue for at least another year.

Health officials have apologised to people in North Canterbury for failing to tell them their badly needed after-hours clinic has been delayed again.

A new report into the country's freshwater has found poor water quality is affecting people and the environment. Audio

Hedgehogs have been wiped out on a chunk of Canterbury's coast, thanks to a community conservation project and a dog with a great nose.

Christchurch has run out of indoor sports courts, with multiple netball and basketball competitions forced to play outside of the district.

A new boiler system cuts Christchurch Hospital's carbon emissions by more than 50 percent, Te Whatu Ora Waitaha says.

A report on Napier's contaminated Awatoto industrial area showed hazards including human waste, animal waste, blood, offal, bone, trade waste, motor and hydraulic oil, sulphuric acid, insecticides -…

People living in a contaminated street in Napier are anxiously waiting to find out exactly how dangerous it is.

More than a month on, Civil Defence says numbers have gone from 2000 in emergency accommodation to just 20.

State Highway 5 from Napier to Taupō was extensively damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle and still has 32 sites to be repaired.