Emma Hatton

An appeal against long-standing convictions for former crèche worker Peter Ellis is now underway in the Supreme Court.

The Christchurch Civic Crèche worker always maintained his innocence after being… Audio

The Sheffield Hotel is on fire in Canterbury.

Emergency services were called to the 1800s-era building just after 1am on Thursday and more trucks are on the way.

Reporter Emma Hatton has been in… Audio

Police with specialist arms training will be rostered around the clock under a new 45 million dollar model designed to improve safety and capability of the frontline. The Police Minister Poto… Audio

A homicide investigation has been launched in Timaru after three people were found dead. Police were called to a house on Queen Street in the suburb of Parkside just after 10pm on Thursday.

Three… Audio

There has been a triple homicide in Timaru.

Three bodies have been found in a house, another person is in hospital.

Emergency services arrived at the house just after 10pm to find the bodies of the… Audio

Coastal shipping proponents say money allocated by the Transport Agency needs to go on getting another ship up and running immediately, not another study.

Thirty million dollars over three years has… Audio

It's the terror attack that changed the course of America and the world. This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Almost 3000 people from 78 countries were killed on September the 11th… Audio

Landowners in Manawatu are anxious their plots will be swept up in plans for the country's largest wastewater-to-land treatment system.

So called highly productive land is caught up in the Palmerston… Audio

A record spend over the next three years will see improvements to public transport, road safety and a raft of upgrades to local and national roads.

$24.3 billion will be spent via Waka Kotahi's… Audio

A record amount will be invested in Transport Projects over the next three years through Waka Kotahi's National Land Transport Programme. The total $24.3 billion is a 44 percent increase on the… Audio

An Afghan interpreter who worked for the New Zealand Defence Force in Bamyan Province says he and 36 of his colleagues, who were promised a seat on an evacuation flight, now feel hopeless after the… Audio

Budgeting services are warning people not to get carried away with buy now pay later products if they're struggling to get by.

Official documents show that following last year's alert level 4… Audio

The country's biggest port, in Tauranga, has reported a better-than-expected profit. RNZ's business editor Gyles Beckford reports on news from the business sector, including a market update.  Audio

A treasured birthing centre in the Hutt Valley will be mothballed next month, due to a lack of funding.

Thousands signed a petition calling on the DHB to take over the running of the centre, which… Audio

Applicants for the wage subsidy have been coming thick and fast, with 128,000 since the scheme opened on Friday and almost half billion dollars already paid out.

But the country's biggest employers… Audio

A treasured birthing centre in the Hutt Valley is poised to close its doors only three years after opening, leaving midwives and parents fearful about post natal care in the region.

Te Awakairangi… Audio