Jean Edwards

The High Court has heard BNZ can't justify terminating its banking relationship with the Gloriavale Christian community. The BNZ sought to close Gloriavale's commercial accounts following an… Audio

The coroners court has heard 11-year-old Mike Beckenridge's name was written on items of clothing that washed up in Southland following the disappearance of the boy and his step-father eight years… Audio

Fed-up Bromley residents say they are tortured by a worsening stench from Christchurch's compost plant.

They say rotten odours from the city council-owned plant are aggravating asthma and ruining… Audio

Budget advisers are increasingly alarmed about the number of people using buy now pay later schemes for groceries as they struggle to cope with the cost of living.

Struggling families are racking up… Audio

A depraved web of rape, sexual violations, drink spiking - a five year investigation - and never ending trauma for the many victims.

Two men have been convicted of 68 charges in one of the biggest… Audio

Economists are predicting the country is probably over the worst of its bout of inflation.

The latest figures show a surprise drop in the annual rate, from  7.2 percent to 6.7 percent, although the… Audio

Cash-strapped shoppers are giving up on buying fresh fruit, vegetables and meat, while parents struggle to afford healthy food to fill kindergarten and school lunchboxes.

Their experience at the… Audio

The family of a Christchurch-born man shot dead by police in the US say they're pleased criminal charges against two officers will proceed to trial.

A judge has thrown out the officers' bid to have… Audio

A court has heard Gloriavale women were entrapped, enslaved and lived in servitude at the Christian community, on the final day of a long-running employment case.

Chief Employment Court judge… Audio

A Christchurch woman who has put up with intravenous feeding and two ostomy bags for a whole year still has no idea when she will be able to have surgery.

Beri Cakal is lucky to have survived a bowel… Audio

A Canterbury mother and son are carving out a big name for themselves in the world of competitive woodchopping. Raewyn Windley and her 15-year-old son Lochie are both competing at the South Island… Audio

Gloriavale's Overseeing Shepherd has told the Employment Court he's saddened people have been harmed at the isolated Christian sect and has admitted leaders made mistakes.

Howard Temple has been… Audio

The Employment Court's chief judge has made an unprecedented visit to Gloriavale as part of a case brought by six former members who claim they were exploited and treated like slaves.

Christina… Audio

A court has heard Gloriavale can't afford to pay everyone wages, and employment relationships would destroy the Christian community's way of life.

Gloriavale women have been giving evidence in an… Audio

A significant number of Gloriavale members are expected to be in the public gallery when the Employment Court sits in Greymouth this week.

Six former Gloriavale women are seeking a ruling that they… Audio

Former Gloriavale Christian School principal Faithful Pilgrim is expected to give evidence in the next phase of an Employment Court case resuming today, before a visit to the isolated West Coast… Audio

Diplomatic efforts are underway to try to secure the release of a New Zealand pilot taken hostage by Papuan rebels. Captain Philip Mehrtens was flying for Indonesia's Susi Air when he was captured by… Audio

Frustrated travellers stranded in Asia since last Friday because of flooding at Auckland Airport have blasted airlines' response to the washout, as they battle to find a way home.

Many still have no… Audio

The smell of fresh manure and clouds of candy floss as big as your head - it can only mean one thing - the return of the New Zealand Agricultural Show.

The huge event has faced two years of… Video, Audio