People are increasingly living in cars and garages in Christchurch as many struggle to keep up with spiralling rents.

A Palmerston North coachbuilder who helped raise alarm over truck cab cutouts warns he is finding motorhome cabs that are a threat to road safety.

A man imprisoned for helping to secretly dump Ricky Wang's body told police he didn't know of Wang's whereabouts, when in reality he'd seen him dead months earlier, a court has heard.

Firefighters have contained a major industrial fire in southeast Auckland that had been affecting traffic.

A man told an inquiry he suffered all forms of abuse while in care, but the stripping of his cultural identity hurt him the most.

People with intellectual disabilities were inappropriately accommodated in mental health units, and other high needs people were placed in facilities outside their regions, a new report has found.

A man has been arrested and charged with obtaining cars and high-end electronics by fraudulent means on Facebook.

The report on Milford Sound also recommends closing the airstrip, which the project group said was in poor repair and beginning to flood at high tide.

As part of a series this week, RNZ is looking at efforts to ensure schools and teachers are using reo and tikanga every day. Today, teachers tell RNZ that learning te reo is making them into better educators.

A 32-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with a shooting in the Wellington suburb of Vogeltown last Sunday.

New data shows New Plymouth's rat population is in decline while birdlife is on the increase.

Torbay baker Sopheap Long says she is proud to be the first woman to take the top spot in the competition's 24-year history.

Demand is already running hot for Covid-19 vaccines at a clinic being run by Māori and Pasifika health providers in Ōtautahi.

A second death has been linked to a dangerous batch of synthetic cannabis circulating in Taranaki.

Two men have been charged with murder in relation to the death of a Napier man earlier this year.

Dunedin City Council has lifted the do not drink notice in Waikouaiti, Karitane and Hawksbury Village, almost six months after it was imposed.

There is one case of Covid-19 in managed isolation and none in the community, the Ministry of Health says.

A report by the office of the Children's Commissioner raises several concerns, including silence over ill treatment, and lack of staff and training.