Stories by Emma Hatton

At nightfall, the homeless in Gisborne have nowhere to go.

A worker driving a company van in Marlborough says 'it's just crazy' that her boss remotely turned off her vehicle while she was going through a roundabout.

The most "dangerous road in New Zealand" has been left out of the government's $16.9 billion land transport programme, say Tauranga residents.

Christchurch may soon have hundreds of electric scooters whizzing around the town, if an application for consent is approved by the city council.

The Auckland Tramping Club says the gifting of its Mt Ruapehu ski lodge to a school group today is bittersweet.

A Wellington bus driver told the Employment Relations Authority today that rest breaks need to be scheduled into the roster.

Two defendants in a high profile murder case are claiming their right to a fair trial will be compromised if one of them loses name suppression.

The tertiary education union is outraged at a proposal by Auckland University to axe 21 jobs in its education faculty.

Whitebaiters on the Kāpiti Coast are baffled as to why signs have been put up banning them from driving along the beach.

More than 9000 wildlife products were seized at the New Zealand border last year - a 300 percent increase since 2011.

More than 500 learning support specialists have walked off the job today for the first time, amid negotiations for better pay and working conditions.

Far from convincing people they have contracted an exotic disease or terminal illness, a new study shows googling their symptoms allows patients to ask better questions.

The education sector is facing another strike, this time by psychologists, speech therapists and occupational therapists who work with special needs children.

Fed up Wellington bus passengers should consider not paying their fares in protest at the capital's revamped public transport network, a community organiser says.

There is an unusually high number of toxic algal blooms around the country for this time of year, the Ministry for Primary Industries says.

The government's plan to ban single-use plastic bags could result in job losses unless the government steps in, the manufacturing workers' union says.

The buying and selling of ivory in New Zealand must be banned, an environmental policy analyst says.

Open banking is a term New Zealanders will have to get used to hearing more of. Audio

Two petitions with a combined 20,000 signatures, calling for a ban on gay conversion therapy were handed to parliament this afternoon.

The Horowhenua District Council is in the spotlight - again for all the wrong reasons - after documents appear to show misuse of the Mayor's Discretionary Fund.

Sex workers are calling on the Commerce Commission to investigate the sex worker online advertising business.

Footage circulating of a prisoner receiving a tattoo from another inmate at Rimutaka prison in Upper Hutt is "totally unacceptable", the Corrections Minister says.

The trucking industry is welcoming an investigation into heavy vehicle certifiers, saying it should never have got to this point.

The tit-for-tat between the Wellington bus driver's union and their employer continues with both parties accusing the other of not cooperating.

Thousands of bank accounts are frozen and at risk of being closed because customers aren't disclosing enough information.