Stories by Michael Cropp

Kiwifruit growers are arguing the Ministry for Primary Industries failed to protect them from known biosecurity risks, and should never have let vine-killing disease PSA slip into the country.

About a third of inmates surveyed at one of the country's largest prisons report being assaulted.

The final report on the public's attitudes towards assisted dying is 'deeply disappointing' and more like a cowardly essay, the former MP who instigated the inquiry says. Audio

Farmers in a meeting about the cattle disease outbreak are pushing for answers from the government for what some say is a slow response to a serious disease.

Workload, pressure to meet targets and long hours are making New Zealand workers more stressed and many turn up even when they're unwell, a survey finds.

Mayors and councillors have narrowly voted in favour of asking the government for powers to control cats, including microchipping, de-sexing, and registration.

The Horowhenua District Council is apologising for saying everyone whose emails were screened by the chief executive knew about it, saying now that not everyone was told.

The Labour Party is accusing the government of dragging its heels on funding a drug which could prevent a large percentage of HIV transmissions.

The country's essential infrastructure is being run down with councils not spending enough on drinking water, sewers, and flood barriers, the government's auditor is warning.

An American family who sold everything to come to New Zealand and run a successful business for four years are preparing to leave the country for not meeting visa requirements.

The capital's fragile freshwater supply is set to become less of a worry, with hydrogeologists looking for emergency supplies under the city.

Residents living in the Wellington suburb of Thorndon should brace themselves for four years of dust and disruption.

Wellington's officials are worried the older planes used by Singapore Airlines on its flights into the capital from Singapore are reducing the route's value.

Cranes have started pulling farmed oysters out of the water at Stewart Island, in an effort to stop a fatal parasite infecting Bluff's prized wild fisheries. Audio

The Prime Minister says footage of unburnt material inside the mine doesn't change anything, but the mother of one of the 29 victims says she feels misled. Video, Audio

The Wellington City Council has released its business case for strengthening the city's town hall and creating a music hub there.

A 'farcical' court ruling has put residential projects across Wellington on hold, because some residential height limits are now below ground level.

A real estate agent has been fined $10,000 for work labelled seriously negligent when he bought a client's house.

Some residents are worried a proposed water reservoir could fail in a big earthquake, causing a potentially deadly landslide. Video

A Kapiti family says their rental property is so mouldy, damp and hard to heat that they would be better off living in a tent.

It will take another three months of repairs before Wellington's port can use its cranes again to load container ships.

A Hastings doctor took advantage of his patients by sedating them so he could touch them sexually, the Napier District Court has been told.

Elderly Kāpiti residents say a proposed rates rise is unaffordable, with one couple fearing being forced to sell their home. Audio

A warning by an ambulance service that it would stop sending sole paramedics to emergencies played a key role in the government's funding boost to ensure all ambulances are double crewed, according St…

Wellington is set to get its own edition of the Monopoly board game, but what replaces the likes of Mayfair and Old Kent Road is still uncertain.