Rachel Thomas

Kea are well known as the big green parrots that steal your windscreen wipers and nick your cellphone, but this trickery may be indicative of a bird that isn't so different to humans when it comes to… Video, Audio

Kea may be best known for their irritating cry and tomfoolery, but it turns out the tricky green parrot isn't so different to humans when it comes to problem solving. In a paper published today in… Audio

Wellington's water authorities will hold an emergency meeting today to try to find a solution to the onslaught of pollution affecting the city's rivers and beaches.

Wellington Mayor Andy Foster and… Audio

Wellington's Owhiro Bay residents are fed up after more than two decades of human waste making its way into their local stream and bay. Over 20 years, the bay and it's swimming spots have been opened… Audio

Cashless parking meters will start springing up around the capital from today in an effort to combat theft and vandalism.

The Wellington City Council is installing a handful of the meters as part of… Audio

Well known supporters of public broadcasting say it's under attack, are calling for it to be preserved and well funded.

The Government is expected to make an announcement today on plans to create a… Audio

A hui about a controversial housing development at Wellington's Shelly Bay has so far failed to win over iwi members who bitterly oppose the plan.

Last night developer Ian Cassels and the Port… Audio

Neurologists are trying to better understand why people with epilepsy are dying suddenly.

The Chief Coroner has launched an inquiry into whether a switch to a new brand of the lamotrigine epilepsy… Audio

More than a metre of rainfall that fell in 48 hours on the West Coast in March marked just one of several weather records broken last year. According to NIWA's annual climate summary, released today… Audio