Lauren Crimp

A lower North Island town with smelly, muddy-tasting tap water will have supplies trucked in from a neighbouring town from next week.

The awful aroma from a wastewater treatment plant has long plagued residents of the Lower Hutt suburb.

这个非政府拨款的独立机构在全国设有80个办事处，2500名志愿者每天都在处理人们各种求助需求。

People whose GPs no longer use Manage My Health could still have had their data stolen.

新西兰医疗数据泄露带来潜在电诈风险，专家建议公众，如果对邮件内容存疑，可联系Netsafe寻求建议。

How volunteers instil confidence in clients who are 'at their wit's end'.

A sexual assault victim is fearful and "ragingly angry" that her most private information could be made public in the Manage My Health hack.

What patients should be doing as they wait to see if they're caught up in the theft and ransom of 400,000 files.

Health NZ said the accident and medical clinic was without a doctor on Monday morning because the rostered staffer was sick.

Kenepuru Hospital services about 120,000 people.

The invasive noble false widow spider was first spotted in Porirua last year with further sightings in Christchurch, Nelson, Waikato and Northland.

The fire in Fernhill has left one person hospitalised and multiple buildings destroyed, with many other residents forced to evacuate their homes.

As she passes the mantle, Dr Ang Jury says she had hoped she would have worked herself out of a job by now, but stayed because the need never abated. Audio

The company told RNZ its costs had increased due to a rise in inflation, but emails reveal that's not the whole picture. Audio

Report shows in Australia and New Zealand, 24.5 percent of women have been sexually or physically abused by a partner. Audio

The go-ahead came after organisers agreed to a police request to drop some fighters from the line-up.

Some of Justice Anne Hinton's family don't agree that the dispute over a bach should be kept private as they seek a private hearing.

Trade Minister Todd McClay said climbing prices and declining supply may have prompted the president to change tack.

In September the government announced 300 extra social housing places through the Housing First programme but Christchurch Methodist Mission says finding homes is a challenge.

This is despite the cost of private rentals falling across the city.

A meeting held recently with minister Simeon Brown has sparked concern.

Two-year-old Luca Rooney's parents are living in hope their wee boy will soon have access to a "miracle" life-extending treatment for his cystic fibrosis. Audio

Extreme winds have wreaked havoc across the lower South Island, where some face a week without power.

As conditions ease, the clean up is kicking in across the motu after trees were ripped clean from the ground, roofs lifted off, and fences and sheds sent flying. Audio

Hundreds of thousands of people are being urged to stay home as life-threatening gale force winds blast parts of the country.