Stories by Jimmy Ellingham

A district councillor is taking on his own local body for the way it charges development levies.

New Zealand sailors exposed to British nuclear tests in the Pacific in the 1950s remain unhappy they have never had a government apology for being placed in harm's way. Audio

Forty teenage girls in their final year of high school are getting a taste of the high life this week.

People attending monthly sittings at a central North Island courthouse could be killed or injured, and prisoners could escape, according to a newly released security probe into the out-of-action…

Hawke's Bay business owners unable to open since Cyclone Gabrielle struck say they are paying the price as they lose customers and income.

Clean-up costs to fix the battered roads in the eastern Tararua District of the lower North Island could hit $100 million.

The opening date of the new highway between Manawatū and Hawke's Bay has been delayed until mid-2025.

Survivors of abuse in state care say suggestions they could face delays in receiving redress are an insult. Audio

The Māori All Blacks are one of New Zealand's top sports teams and national Māori cricket teams could soon walk out on to the park too.

Fruity, zesty, glazed, or with chocolate - it's time to decide which hot cross bun deserves to be crowned the country's best.

Palmerston North Hospital's long-awaited new mental health ward is facing a multimillion-dollar budget blowout.

For decades a former patient of the notorious Lake Alice child and adolescent unit could not return to the site where she was abused.

Roads remain closed and communities are still cleaning up the muddy mess left by Cyclone Gabrielle in the North Island's Tararua District, which remained under a state of emergency until late last…

The company that operates Mt Ruapehu's ski slopes has announced it will sell winter season passes for 2023.

Puketapu is alive with the sounds of diggers scraping silt and people dragging flood-damaged items from their homes. Audio

Days after their properties were inundated with rapidly rising floodwater, residents are returning to devastating scenes.

Growers are pleading with the government for a recovery package after Cyclone Gabrielle turned vast swathes of fertile land into pulp.

The tall stalks and black heads of plantain could help clean up the country's waterways, according to a dairy industry trial.

When Karen Gunn walked off London's famous cricket ground, Lord's, in 1993 the New Zealand women's team she was part of had just lost a world cup final to England.

A man who killed his cellmate at Manawatū Prison near Palmerston North will be detained in hospital as a special patient under mental health compulsory treatment laws.

A Palmerston North-based researcher is looking into how milk products can bring the most nutritional benefit to infants.

The father of a 19-year-old patient who died in a suspected suicide at Palmerston North Hospital's mental health ward is worried that a replacement facility will not open for more than two years.

Getting lost in a good book isn't always possible for people who can't get to their local library because of mobility problems.

Work on the new highway between Manawatū and Hawke's Bay is halfway done. Video

A year ago flash floods left many Manawatū homes waterlogged and covered in debris.