Jimmy Ellingham

Wayne Kevin Codyre is facing 52 charges of obtaining by deception between December 2019 and March 2023, totalling $548,205.

Malcolm Richards, a survivor of torture at the psychiatric hospital's child and adolescent unit, will go straight from cancer treatment to the courtroom.

Hato Hone St John's proposed axing of its pet therapy service promises to leave a trail of disappointment at one Hawke's Bay rest home.

The centre will close its doors in November after providing help and support to women for almost four decades.

The soldier, with links to far-right groups, has been given military detention and dismissed from the army.

A soldier with links to far-right groups has admitted handing over and attempting to hand over sensitive information to a person he thought was a foreign agent.

RNZ will argue against the heavy suppressions on Monday, before court martial begins. Audio

There are no other similar programmes in the North Island. Audio

Palmerston North Hospital's long-awaited new mental health ward could open late next month - a decade after the present facility was declared unfit for purpose.

Four bright young minds from Palmerston North are off to the World Kids' Lit Quiz in Johannesburg, South Africa. Audio

A long-time resident says locals should be prepared for a rumble in the battle to adequately staff the hospital. Audio

The contingency measures include plans to move patients to Rotorua Hospital if staff shortages forced Taupō's clinic to close. Audio

Health NZ says not enough people were treated there and staff would be better deployed elsewhere. Audio

Rauaroha Segar House in Auckland offers a publicly funded intensive programme for people with long-standing or chronic mental health problems.

A leading advocate for junior doctors says she is dreading the day when a hospital worker is killed. Audio

Bryan and Jo Guy say their lives are now divided into two parts - before Scott was killed and after. Audio

The spend on fill-in medical staff is rising fast, leading a frontline doctor and the senior doctors' union to voice frustration. Audio

Carers who look after New Zealand's elderly workers are among the country's lowest-paid employees. Audio

New correspondence shows it gave notice to leave the facility before public consultation began, Ingrid Leary says. Audio

Jeff Fox shapes history into flight, one $20,000 propeller at a time. Audio

Organisers of the disruptive event say there is no where else for street racers to go.

"Matter of time until someone dies" - Staff at two rural Waikato hospitals are worried about their own safety and that of patients. Audio

The only staff member at the notorious Lake Alice child and adolescent unit to face prosecution over the horrors at the Rangitīkei institution in the 1970s has died.

RNZ has obtained a heavily redacted Department of Corrections report into the day, which reveals bad behaviour from some of the women began at the Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility.

Experts have raised concerns about parole conditions that ban Mark Lundy from media interviews and social media. Audio