Stories by Katie Doyle

Questions have been raised about the quality of new police after four recruits were stood down for misconduct in the past year.

Wellington now has a rainbow on Cuba Street.

A Police officer is frustrated by trampers refusing to heed warnings about the risks of hiking the Tongariro Alpine Crossing.

New Zealand Post has stopped the audio recording of posties who drive delivery vehicles after being told the practice is intrusive, unsettling, and unreasonable.

New research has uncovered a sharp rise in prescription medicine use by children, including a 50 percent increase in prescriptions for the antidepressant fluoxetine.

A North Island seafood company has been fined more than $200,000 for a chemical splash that left an employee without an eye.

The Great Kererū Count is taking flight again, with people being urged to document every member of the species they see over the next ten days.

An anti-1080 activist is threatening to take Trevor Mallard to court over comments that dead native birds laid on the steps of Parliament appeared to have been bludgeoned.

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson says landlords should be required by law to ensure the homes they rent are fit to live in.

A crew of 34 firefighters have touched down in New Zealand after spending almost six weeks battling wildfires in California.

Almost 2000 union members at the Ministry of Justice are voting on whether to take strike action after pay negotiations stalled.

The Court of Appeal has ruled that shark cage diving is an offence under the Wildlife Act. Audio

Furious commuters packed into a Wellington school hall last night calling for heads to roll over the city's chaotic new bus service.

Wellington's new $20 million Air Traffic Control tower officially opened for business yesterday.

The Otago University proctor says he fears someone may die in "sadistic" second-year initiations.

Kāpiti Coasters have got their air connection to Auckland back, more than four months after Air New Zealand abandoned the route.

A Gisborne District councillor says she's disappointed by an apology she received about racially inappropriate comments.

The Department of Conservation is warning people not to feed or approach kekeno fur seals, after reports of a pup being fed by the public in Napier.

An advertising campaign which appeared to celebrate making tenants life a misery was mailed out to more than 1600 Wellington homes.

Taranaki District Health Board is urging rural communites to be on the alert for bacteria carried in by cattle that can be passed on to humans.

Provisional figures show between 40 - 45 people died from synthetic cannabis in the year since last June - in the previous five years there were two confirmed deaths. Audio

A Wellington brothel owner is furious at banks who will not let her open a business account.

The mother of a forestry worker killed in 2013 fears industry deaths are on the rise again and says the campaign to save lives has suffered since union leader Helen Kelly died two years ago. Audio

Dozens of tenants sick of mouldy, cold and outright dangerous homes are backing a campaign for tougher laws for landlords.

A Nelson lawyer says it's only a matter of time before a child dies by suicide in a police cell.