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Two West Otago families were subjected to one of the country's longest and most fraught fatal crash investigations after a truck collision killed two people. Phil Pennington looks at what went wrong.

It has some of the lowest vaccination rates in the South Island, but West Coasters are now less than 1500 shots shy of being 90 percent fully vaccinated.

Tarri Caraquez and Joel Macarubbo's family have gone from selling their belongings to pay for food, rent and nappies to being back on a firm footing with a fast-track to residence.

Police are warning people to be aware of buying puppies online after an increase in scams.

A leading Māori health provider is calling for a Covid-19 vaccination day in schools after Medsafe granted provisional approval for it to be given to children aged 5 to 11. Audio

New papakainga housing is set to be built in Ngāruawāhia to provide safe and affordable homes for local whānau.

The first funding deal for the Government's Infrastructure Acceleration Fund has been signed between Kāinga Ora, Porirua City Council and Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira, which will see 880 houses built in…

Progress on the memorial was stalled earlier this year after protesters camped out Auckland's Sir Dove-Myer Robinson Park.

It took four referrals and a confession she was harming herself for Quinn to finally be accepted to a DHB mental health service. But although she is now in the system, the 14 year old is still not…

Two sexual assault victims say ACC discouraged them from making claims and failed to inform them about the financial help they could be entitled to - and a lawyer says it's part of a long-running…

A West Coast farming family is happy to 'lock up' some land for posterity and the birds, but they sympathise with other farmers who are upset at the prospect of having parts of their land labelled…

Thousands of people are still without vaccine passes, waiting for their overseas vaccination records to be added to the New Zealand register.

Many district health boards have longer waitlists for youth and children seeking outpatient mental health services than adults. The Mental Health Foundation says it's an "absolute crisis".

Ricky Houghton works with some of the Far North's poorest, finding them homes, reuniting families and giving them hope. Here, he shares his Christmas wish list for his community.

Festival flavour and freebies will be ushering in potentially hundreds of people from the Māori and Pacific disability communities at a drive-thru vaccine event in Auckland this weekend. Audio

Analysis - Christopher Luxon goes head-to-head with Jacinda Ardern; the government unveils a new strategy to combat family and sexual violence; and a world-leading plan to ban tobacco sales is…

Amelia Kerr wants the world to understand the mental hell she's been through in the past 18 months. And the White Ferns wunderkind tells Kristy Havill how her family and those closest to her helped…

Women's Refuge says time will tell if the newly announced 25-year plan to tackle domestic and sexual violence will work.

Te Aorerekura represents an evolution in the journey to address violence in homes and in communities, says Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence Marama Davidson.

From struggling kids to out-of-control teens and desperate adults, NZ's ADHD community is in crisis. Why is it so hard for them to get help that some are resorting to TikTok for medical advice? Anusha…

Analysis - Vaccination rates are slow in Te Tai Tokerau, where government neglect of the region has created fertile ground for mistrust, writes RNZ reporter Nita Blake-Persen.

US anchor Chris Cuomo has been fired by CNN for help he gave his brother, ex-New York governor Andrew Cuomo, while he was battling harassment allegations.