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The survey found sexual violence rates were highest against Māori and Pacific teens, gender-diverse youth, and those in the poorest schools.

Crisis cafés offer an alternative to brightly lit, busy, clinical spaces, says the mental health minister.

Summer might bring the buzz and the bites but with the right tricks, you can keep your skin (mostly) unscathed.

There are calls for more efforts to eliminate scabies in Tonga in order to reduce the incidence of rheumatic heart disease in local children.

The cordon in Glen Innes has been lifted, and locals are trying to get on with daily routines, but some do not feel safe anymore. Audio

Rubbish left outside the transfer station has cost ratepayers $570,000.

The cordon in Glen Innes has been lifted, and locals are trying to get on with daily routines, but some do not feel safe anymore. Audio

The council has cut short a trial move to Kuirau Park after just two months.

Nicola Willis says she wants a "civil, substance-based debate" with her early 90's predecessor, while Labour's leader says whoever wins, "the whole country will lose". Audio

Police have arrested a 14-year-old on suspicion of stabbing a dairy owner during a robbery in the Christchurch suburb of Opawa on 2 December.

Health NZ said people should avoid the area and animals should not be allowed near the river until the health warning was lifted.

A Fabergé pendant swallowed by a man during a heist made global headlines and raised the question how exactly it was "recovered". Audio

One year after the council imposed a ban on alcohol sales after 9pm, some liquor store owners in the city have reported a drop in sales by at least 20 percent.

Around the world, small towns built around a single industry or company are feeling the effects of decisions made far beyond their borders.

A New Zealand-based Tongan immunologist says vigilance around measles spread is particularly important as families prepare to travel over the Christmas period.

Louise Upston has asked for advice after the Supreme Court ruled two people caring for their disabled children were government staff. Audio

The UN children's agency flagged an alarming surge in the number of babies born weighing less than 2.5kg in the Palestinian territory.

The traditional way of harvesting a vein to use in the surgery involves a long cut down the leg. Audio

The little girl was sitting on a loose plywood platform on the quad bike driven by her father when she fell into the path of a mower being towed behind