Carla Penman
Fight clubs part of ordinary life at Serco prison
Mt Eden Prison inmates held weekly fight clubs and sparred in full view of CTV cameras under Serco's watch, an investigation has found. Audio
Give-a-little becomes take-a-little with a new fee
Crowd-funding website Givealittle will soon charge fundraisers a 5 percent fee to help cover administrative costs. Audio
NZ musicians band together for Black Lives Matter cause
Auckland musicians unite to raise money and awareness for the Black Lives Matter movement as it protests against police violence in the US. Audio
Private school trust offers apartments below market rate
A private school charitable trust is offering some first home buyers apartments in a six-storey complex with a price tag at least $150,000 below market value. Carla Penman reports. Audio
Online harassment of women becoming a scary norm
A survey of 500 New Zealand women by the online security company Norton has found one-in-four under 30 has been threatened with death, rape or sexual assault. Audio
ACC to fund injury prevention programmes
A multi-million-dollar campaign has been launched to help prevent older people from falling over and injuring themselves. Audio
$5000 moving grant for homeless needs jobs attached
People living in state houses in one of Auckland's poorest suburbs say a cash injection of five thousand dollars to pack up and move to the regions is no incentive without job prospects attached to… Audio
Ak principals struggle to help students in overcrowded homes
Some Auckland school principals say they're at their wits end trying to help students and their families living in overcrowded homes. Audio
Substance Addiction Bill lacks safeguards
A district court judge says a proposed bill could result in drug and alcohol addicts languishing in police cells before being admitted to secure treatment centres. Audio
DHB smoking ban upheld by Court of Appeal
A psychiatric patient has failed in the Court of Appeal to overturn a hospital smoking ban. Audio
Auckland Council wants to spot fine misbehaving beggars
Auckland councillors are suggesting spot fining beggars for misbehaving in the city streets - but first they'll have to beg the government for the power to do it. Audio
Tattooed woman found critically injured by roadside
A police investigation is underway after an unknown woman with a distinctive tattoo of a rose was found severely injured on the side of a road north of Auckland. Audio
Melanoma sufferer wary of changing to Pharmac funded drug
A melanoma patient, Joy Cole, says she has some big questions she wants answered before she can consider swapping from Keytruda treating to a Pharmac-funded alternative. Audio
Woman cured of Hep C delighted Pharmac to fund the drug
A woman who has had her Hepatitis C cured but who has lost six friends to the disease in the past three years is overjoyed will be fully funded by Pharmac. Audio
Onehunga serial sex attacker on the loose
Women in the Auckland suburb of Onehunga are on edge, with some even taking up self defence lessons, because a young, serial sex attacker is yet to be caught. Audio
Jury hears from Pakeeza Yusuf's mother
A court has heard how an Auckland man accused of killing his former partner and her daughter swung a machete within inches of her ex-husband's head. Audio
Teenagers found guilty of murder in Epsom motel
Two Auckland teenagers were today found guilty of the premeditated murder of Ihaia Gillman-Harris in December 2014. Carla Penman reports. Audio
Auckland school cancels musical after injury
St Kentigern's College, in Auckland, has cancelled its production of Sweeney Todd, after two students suffered cuts to their throats from a razor at opening night. Audio
Goldie's last portrait sells for record 1.175 million
The last portrait ever painted by Charles Frederick Goldie has sold for a record one million one hundred and seventy five thousand dollars at auction. Audio
Is the police's social media presence improving policing?
The police are increasingly turning to Facebook and Twitter to help fight crime but just how well it's working is still unclear. Audio