Kate Newton

More than 1400 new house consents have been granted in flood plains in Auckland since devastating flooding damaged thousands of homes a year ago.

The number has been released just days before the… Audio

If you want to know who will win this year's election, you could do worse than ask the residents of Birkdale - a suburb on Auckland's North Shore.

For at least four elections in a row, Birkenhead… Audio

The drought began early this year. Before January was even half-over, Auckland, Kaipara and Whangarei were already registering on the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research's drought… Audio

Tens of thousands in donors' funds given to the New Zealand First Foundation were spent paying expenses, wages and bills for people closely associated with the New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.

New Zealand First has once again opted not to name any donations from the mysterious foundation bankrolling the party on its electoral return.

But an electoral law expert says for the first time the… Audio

NZ is down to just 29 new cases and plans are underway to start moving down from Level Four. But new modelling suggests the lockdown may need to be extended an extra week or two to fully eradicate the… Audio

Covid-19 researchers are optimistic the level four restrictions could be lifted in at least some regions in a few weeks - but warn that New Zealanders should brace themselves to do things differently… Audio

Two-thirds of New Zealand's Covid-19 cases so far are in older people but the patterns are still too "idiosyncratic" to draw any strong predictions from, a researcher modelling the virus says.

New… Audio

This year's Census showed New Zealand has become even more diverse - but what about our canine population?

The national dog database, which contains registration data from every council in the… Audio

Half the private land in New Zealand is owned by just 0.1 percent of the population and six of the top ten private land owners are foreign-owned forestry companies. An analysis of Land Information New… Audio

Journalist, Kate Newton breaks down her investigation into land ownership in Aotearoa. Audio

An obscure law that gives owners of multiple properties extra voting rights in local elections is being called unfair, archaic and ripe to be ditched. The ratepayer's roll has existed in some form… Audio

Kim Dotcom will make his final stand against extradition to the United States in the Supreme Court on Monday, more than seven years after he was arrested in dramatic fashion at his mansion in… Audio

Kim Dotcom's seven year saga to avoid extradition to the United States for piracy crimes is finally coming to an end. Audio

NZ researchers are urging a nationwide immunisation catch-up programme for people in their teens, twenties and thirties to combat frequent measles epidemics. Video, Audio

Emergency workers who went to the mosque shootings have spoken out today, saying they'll never forget the scene of hatred that confronted them. Kate Newton heard the stories of those workers today -… Video, Audio