Stories by Rayssa Almeida

The service should be focused on providing stable housing for released prisoners, the Auckland criminologist says.

Sajay Singh was told to "shut up" and that he shouldn't be "fussy" during a call about accommodation. Audio

Auckland will take years to recover from the the Anniversary Floods and Cyclone Gabrielle devastation, Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says.

They were the first cubs born at Hamilton Zoo since the birth of Kirana and her brother Kembali in 2014.

The facility was evacuated after a chemical odour triggered the fire alarm.

A Porirua councillor says one of their beaches has become a lot safer after banning when residents raised safety concerns.

Aaron and Summer Hendry are digging into their own pockets to build the first 24-hour youth emergency centre in the country.

"When someone has a major mental illness and they don't have stable and secure accommodation, it's very, very hard for them to be recovering."

New Zealand has signed an international agreement saying agriculture and food production must urgently adapt to respond to climate change.

A local school has closed for the day due to concerns around asbestos in the burning buildings.

The cancellation of SailGP, scheduled to be hosted in Auckland next year, feels like a "gut punch" for business in the city centre. Audio

Police had relentlessly attempted to "crack" Shargin Stephens by bail-checking him several times a day, a witness revealed in the inquest into his death.

Seventy bail checks in 38 days was not harassment, a police officer has told an inquest into the fatal shooting of a man in Rotorua.

Auckland police are ready to call in officers from outside the region to manage any escalation in Middle East protests in the city.

The cost-of-living crisis means parents are cutting back on swimming lessons for their children, Water Safety New Zealand says.

Axing the Salvation Army's rehabilitation programme after 30 years could cause recovering addicts to relapse, an anti-gambling advocate says.

A Kāinga Ora tenant in Auckland whose family was threatened by a neighbour with a hammer says her complaints have fallen on deaf ears. Audio

The January deluge caused damage to around 2000 state homes, including 205 in the southern Auckland suburb of Māngere.

The government says it has no plans to amend the legislation that prohibits migrants from working in the sex industry, despite recommendations made by the United Nations.

"We focus 100 percent on the conflict," says a New Zealander working for the United Nations in Gaza, where more aid is desperately needed.

A kākāpō that made an elaborate escape from Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari has been returned.

Defeated Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta says she hopes the gains for Māori over the last two Labour terms will not be wound back.

A lack of voting information and accessibility is stopping people living on the streets from exercising their democratic rights. Audio

Auckland Council has rubber-stamped the plan to pay out the owners of hundreds of flood-damaged houses.

Witnesses to a stabbing at an Auckland dairy say they will never forget the shocking scenes of a couple being attacked in their own shop.