Stories by Joanne O'Brien

Candidates from both major parties are joining calls for beds to help rehabilitate addicts in Tauranga and western Bay of Plenty.

The manager of a Hamilton shelter is disputing the National Party leader's claim that homelessness has almost been eliminated in the city. Video

Dr John Burton is a lifeline for people in the isolated Waikato community of Kawhia, but, he says, GPs are considered "lesser beings" so job training is not producing good doctors for rural areas.

A Huntly couple have been reunited more than eight decades after they were both brutally murdered.

A hui of Northland's Te Kotahitanga o Ngā Hapū Ngāpuhi is likely to hear a recommendation that Ngāpuhi's treaty negotiations be put on hold.

A new report has identified a need for more education for migrants about Māori, the Treaty of Waitangi and biculturalism.