Tim Brown

The report found abuse was rife in state and faith-based care settings and the state failed to respond to signs of systemic abuse and neglect.

Survivors have been waiting decades to see their abuse officially acknowledged - and the way they're being treated is "wrong", advocate says. Audio

Abusive, unwarranted state care stripped a trainee nurse of her career, her past and her future. She's calling on the government to have some compassion.

Matt Doocey was personally sent the Royal Commission's interim report into abuse last November - turns out he hasn't read it.

There was silence in the courtroom and Lauren Dickason showed no signs of emotion as she was handed her sentence.

For almost four decades, a Catholic order claimed to care for the children in Christchurch no one else would. Audio

The cost of living crisis is a major reason the council has worked hard to pare back its budget.

A Christchurch park and road have been renamed to remove the reminder of the dark past of Marylands School - where students were abused between 1955 and 1984. Audio

Imam Gamal Fouda described how two people came to the mosque and locked a worshipper in the kitchen while shouting at him.

The builder had to move his body into an awkward position before he could operate the mechanical lock, an inquest hears.

David Hawken and Rebecca Wright-Meldrum have been sentenced to life with no parole for 10 years for their parts in the 1995 killing.

A lawyer says she has written to the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment and police who are taking the allegations "very seriously". Audio

The arts centre will be forced to dissolve and its costs will fall on ratepayers without Christchurch council support, its director says.

坎特伯雷的穆斯林社区将于本周五共同纪念基督城清真寺枪击案。

Canterbury's Muslim community will on Friday gather to commemorate the Christchurch mosque shootings.

Escalating rates rises to pay for Three Waters upgrades could push vulnerable ratepayers to the brink of bankruptcy, the Clutha mayor says

A coalition of Māori health experts and advocates is calling for the Waitangi Tribunal to urgently hear a complaint on the government's planned repeal of changes to smokefree legislation.

A 313-signature petition calling for Stephen Parry to go was to be presented to Gore District Council but councillors rejected it.

A decision to plant crab apple trees on the main street has caused a stand-off - and the loss of car parks.

法医将开始为期6周的公众听证会，以调查2019年3月15日在Al Noor清真寺和Linwood伊斯兰中心的恐怖袭击。

Muslim community leaders hope the coronial inquest will put unanswered questions to rest and help people heal from the trauma of the 2019 massacre that left 51 people dead.

Brodie Champion has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment for the manslaughter of Grant Jopson.

A group opposed to the controversial proposed Tarras Airport says it will fight every inch of the way to keep it out of their "beautiful place". Audio

A review has been ordered into the police investigation following the death of 3-year-old Lachlan Jones, who was found dead in a sewage pond in 2019.

A family of Syrian refugees in Dunedin is living in such terror they have installed security cameras around their home following years of attacks and abuse.