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Some Wellington children and teenagers with severe mental health needs are facing more than six month wait times.

The prominent Dutch crime reporter Peter R de Vries, who was shot and seriously wounded in central Amsterdam nine days ago, has died. Audio

Elderly people are being targeted by scammers in heart-breaking numbers. They rarely get their money back, and often they're too ashamed to admit to having been sucked in. 

Opinion - Women are more visible in the world's news than ever before - but they're still far from achieving parity with men, and this has deeper implications for society Associate Professor Susan…

Vaccinators will inject one person each a minute at the country's first mass Covid-19 vaccination event - if all goes to plan. Audio

Our divorce laws are 40 years old - and there's a renewed push to change them to reflect the realities of the 21st century. 

Many people are living in an extreme state of stress and the mental health services sector is "overwhelmed", a new community-led strategic group for suicide prevention says.

Black Widow sees Scarlett Johansson finally carry a superhero movie on her own, as the popular member of The Avengers. Also starring Florence Pugh (Little Women) and Rachel Weisz (The Constant…

New Zealanders with metastatic neuroendocrine tumours - a rare form of cancer - will no longer have to travel to Australia for life-saving treatment.

Two orca sightings have been reported today in what's now an international effort to keep a lost calf alive.

The founders of anti-violence movement She Is Not Your Rehab are giving away their newly released book to prisoners.

Tens of thousands of young people are arriving home in Aotearoa due to Covid-19 and fewer than normal are leaving.

Psychologists are turning away as many as 60 clients a month because they have no space to see them.

An infant orca remains at Plimmerton beach as rescue teams try to locate its family along the coast.

Murupara community leader Mem Jenner was leading a war she says was stacked against her.

The All Blacks play Fiji on Saturday night with fans hoping for more of a contest than last week's win over Tonga, but Fiji's build-up has been tough.

A fire that tore through a food-processing factory in Bangladesh has killed at least 52 people, and dozens more are missing.

The final stage of a major social housing development has opened in Christchurch this morning.

In a highly unusual move, National has given a Labour MP one of its slots to speak in Parliament on mental health.