Stories by Ben Strang

Two staff members are among those who have breached Covid-19 infection prevention rules at quarantine facilities since the current community outbreak began.

The Covid-19 community outbreak is stretching the limits of the country's quarantine system, and the number of rooms available with suitable air filtration systems that can withhold the virus.

Wellington's Covid-19 cases are being allowed to exercise in an underground car park, prompting concern that MIQ workers are being put at unnecessary risk.

Declassified government documents show officials got a late call from the United States seeking co-operation when the splash down site of its Apollo 8 mission shifted into New Zealand-managed…

First person - RNZ reporter Ben Strang was on the streets before the latest lockdown when he was attacked, and writes that it feels like there is more animosity towards the government and media this…

The Transport Agency has spent more than $180,000 advertising the Clean Car Discount during July, the first month of the policy.

A leading Māori doctor is calling for the vaccination of children against Covid-19 to get underway, and is hopeful kids as young as five could get their vaccines by the end of the year.

The six month firearms buyback and amnesty was the second to take place since changes to gun laws in the wake of the Christchurch mosque attacks.

People in the tourism and infrastructure industries are hoping the government will soon change the way it assesses the risk travellers bring when they arrive in New Zealand.

Almost three-quarters of police support the general arming of officers, a new survey shows - the highest level in 10 years.

Converse has quietly removed any reference to the environmental impact of its global public art campaign from its website after being accused of greenwashing.

The police's $25.3m body armour replacement programme has been hit by major delays because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Sport and Recreation Minister Grant Robertson was deluged with emails about Laurel Hubbard's Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games selection over the past few months.

Declassified government documents show officials were struggling to debunk TV1 footage of the Kaikōura lights UFO sightings in December 1978.

Police and the courts have been found to be providing poor levels of information to mediators in family violence cases.

Police officers are considering protest action after negotiations over a new pay agreement hit a brick wall.

Police have admitted it may not be able to make use of money granted through the Criminal Proceeds Fund within the timeframe it had promised.

A Wellington College pupil has been forced to find a new way to get to school after being bullied by a bus driver, who refused to stop and pick him up.

The shoe brand Converse is being accused of misleading people with its global public art campaign, Converse City Forests, in which it claims the murals it's painted are the equivalent of planting more…

A Wellington bus driver dumped a 10-year-old girl in an unfamiliar suburb in the pouring rain, after failing to drop her at school.

Under the newly announced government policy, motorcycles were omitted from the plan which will give discounts for people buying electric vehicles.

Women in Wellington have had their caesarean section procedures delayed after an electronic system deleted their bookings.

A survey shows people with a disability are significantly more likely to be victims of crime than able bodied people of the same age.

The government's promise of 1800 new police could be delayed, and the planned rollout has been impacted because of managed isolation commitments.

Documents that have been declassified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade have revealed the sordid actions of enemy soldiers committing war crimes during World War II.