Charlotte Cook

A Feilding childcare centre investigated over claims of smacking children and feeding them mouldy food has lost its licence and is set to close.

The family of a 90-year-old Levin woman who died after three teenagers beat and robbed her say their mother's kindness cost her life.

A prisoner who raped and forced his young cellmate to perform oral sex on him almost every night for three months will be deported back to Fiji after his sentence.

Two Wellington women have spoken out about their months-long battle with a gym they worked at after complaining a trainer had sexually assaulted them.

Dirty bedding, bad food, a lack of fresh air and hot taps within reach of toddlers are some of the findings of a Feilding childcare centre which is being investigated.

Health officials believe they will not be able to persuade about 10 percent of the population to get a Covid-19 vaccine.

Health officials have been asked to investigate the Feilding childcare centre where former teachers complained toddlers were being fed mouldy food.

A scathing review into Wellington's $6.4 billion transport programme has found it's at risk of failure, has a detrimental culture and was under-resourced from the outset.

Police are investigating three reports of indecent assault at a Wellington gym's Christmas party last year.

A teacher who reported an early childhood centre for punishing toddlers by putting them in isolation fears the abuse is continuing.

Warmer waters and sediment has caused 35 percent of little blue penguin chicks to die in Wellington.

An inspection of Auckland Women's prison has revealed inmates don't have easy access to sanitary items, bras, underwear and exercise.

A teacher says the Ministry of Education made it hard for staff to complain about the owner of a Feilding childcare centre who is alleged to have mistreated children for years.

The small Taranaki town of Hāwera was left reeling yesterday after it became the scene of a double homicide investigation.

New documents reveal the Department of Corrections consulted international experts before the mosque gunman's sentencing to prepare for his incarceration.

More parents and teachers have come forward about their experiences at a Feilding child care centre, which is under investigation.

Parents and former teachers claim the owner and manager of a childcare centre in Feilding locked toddlers in rooms, fed children mouldy food and smacked them.

At 2.11pm, it will be exactly one year since Whakaari erupted, coughing up acidic sludge, ash and noxious gasses.

The man in charge of sending Defence Force officers onto Whakaari / White Island after the eruption has spoken of the stress and the sleepless night before the high-risk mission.

Veteran pilot John Funnell wants to raise tens of thousands of dollars to fund the legal battle for a fellow pilot who was one of the first on the scene after the Whakaari eruption.

An influx of seasonal workers is a relief for the horticulture and wine industries with the government giving a border exemption to 2000 seasonal workers.

Gassing prison cells is being defended as the least barbaric way to get unruly inmates out of their cell.

Wellington bus users with an iPhone can today rejoice in convenience, as they can finally top-up their Snapper cards without having to hunt down a dairy or supermarket.

Iwi members and a protest group have spent their first night occupying land at Wellington's contentious seaside development Shelly Bay.

Prisoner rights advocates are worried inmates at Wiri in South Auckland haven't been getting emails from friends and whānau because of an "arbitrary" rule.