Stories by Katie Doyle

Northland doctor and political aspirant Lance O'Sullivan says urgent action is needed to rid New Zealand of pokie machines.

The latest call for an end to rodeos has been rejected by the government, which says it will need more evidence for a ban.

New Zealand hasn't had a below average temperature since January last year, scientists say.

A 15-year-old was held in a police station for six nights because there were no beds at any youth facility in the country, the boy's lawyer says.

A last-minute protest at Parliament has called for the new government to pull out of the revised Trans Pacific Partnership, a day before it is signed.

A group of researchers say they've developed a molecule that may be able to strengthen current vaccines and help in the development of new ones.

A new law enabling the compulsory treatment of drug and alcohol addicts is limiting the number of beds available, a counsellor says.

A starving dog with a bashed in eye, a neglected horse so ill it struggled to breathe and a duck in excruciating pain after its beak was blown, are listed in the report.