Eleisha Foon

Family harm is on the rise as women find it harder to escape their abusers during Covid-19 restrictions.

For 40 years, Mike Baker carried the pain of being sexually and physically abused as a child… Audio

Calls and texts to the government's free national mental health helpline have risen sharply since the start of Alert Level 4.

In recent days, the number of calls to 'Need To Talk 1737' is up by 40… Audio

For many essential workers Covid-19 could be one of the biggest battles of their professional lives.

Videos around the world are emerging of people showing their appreciation by clapping on their… Audio

The father of Sayyad Milne, who was just 14 when he was killed at the Al Noor Mosque, says he dreams of his son kicking a football in paradise.

The Year 10 Cashmere High student was there with his… Audio

The Muslim leader who became a symbol of the community's ability to forgive, Farid Ahmed, says he cries almost everyday over the death of his wife Husna when a gunman stormed into the Al Noor Mosque… Audio

Canterbury DHB is expecting the anniversary of the March 15 massacre will trigger an increase in mental health problems.

It has already treated more than 50 people for trauma related to 15 March… Audio

A homicide inquiry is underway in Christchurch.

RNZ reporter Eleisha Foon is at the cordon in Riccarton Road. Audio

The New South Wales Rural Fire Service has used a billboard in New York's Times Square to thank their local and American volunteers.

"Imagine fighting a bushfire higher than this billboard," the sign… Audio

The Hawkes Bay District Health Board has apologised unreservedly and is sending letters to 605 people in the community after backtracking on a decision to cut housekeeping help.

The aid was mainly… Audio

The Hawkes Bay District Health Board has backtracked on a decision to cut housework support services which hundreds of people rely on. And it is apologising unreservedly and writing to those affected… Audio

A registered nurse is breaking her silence about her horror experience working on the frontline of a public hospital.

A year ago she walked away from her job of ten years after suffering severe burn… Audio

More people are signing up to make Christmas kinder on the environment.

The waste-free and sustainability movement is growing at a rapid rate.

Eleisha Foon looks at how this group is making ethical… Audio

Shop owners estimate the country's Santa Sack will contain 2.8 billion gifts this year costing $10 billion.

With just two shopping days left until Christmas people are being asked to spare a thought… Audio

Parents are being warned to prepare for the latest season of the controversial Netflix series - 13 Reasons Why, which comes out today.The show, with an R-18 rating, deals with teen suicide, rape and… Audio

Residents living in a Christchurch social housing complex say black mould and freezing conditions are harming their physical and mental health - and they've had enough. Eleisha Foon visited the… Audio

A Christchurch mosque attack survivor says he is grateful to Donald Trump for bringing him to Washington to speak about religious freedoms.

Farid Ahmed, whose wife Husna was killed in the March 15… Audio

A Christchurch mosque attack survivor has spoken for the first time since arriving back from a trip to the US where he met with Donald Trump to discuss religious freedoms. Video, Audio