Stories by Adriana Weber

The man at the centre of a police stand-off barricaded himself into the upper storey of a Porirua home before he was found dead, police say.

Rural fire crews are damping down two fires in Canterbury, and monitoring the scene of a third blaze.

People eager to start climbing the property ladder in Wellington are likely to face a tough time, a property valuer says.

Working with Wellington's police dog team is more of a lifestyle than a job, the team's trainer says.

A survey of police staff has found 86 percent think frontline officers are under-resourced. Audio

St John Ambulance has warned the Government it will stop sending sole paramedics to emergencies because it puts patients and staff at risk.

Police officers are dealing with more than 100 cases a day involving what they term acutely distressed mentally ill people. Audio

Residents in the small town of Waitarere Beach say the community has been left tainted by the death of Alex Fisher. Audio

Hapū in the Whanganui region have voted to give the Uenuku Charitable Trust a mandate to negotiate a treaty settlement on their behalf.

An environmental trust says iwi are leading the way in cutting the amount of nitrogen seeping into Lake Taupō, but there are fears their efforts to clean up the rohe... Audio

Rocket Lab is in talks with South Island iwi over its plans to build a launch site on Kaitōrete Spit in Canterbury.

Ngāpuhi leader Sonny Tau has reportedly travelled to the South Island to apologise to local iwi after he was caught taking kererū from the rohe.

The Government's plans to tighten export rules for swamp kauri won't make any difference, a Labour MP says. Audio

A group of Māori and Pasifika dancers will take to the international stage at the world's largest arts festival.

Rotorua is celebrating the announcement that the Māori All Blacks will play in the city in 2017.

Two well-known Native American actors have arrived in Aotearoa to help Māori learn more about their culture.

Snow fall and freezing conditions are hampering relief efforts for Whanganui residents, just weeks after the region experienced its biggest flood in recorded history.

Māori are living shorter, sicker lives than non-Māori and a change in approach is needed, a health advocate says.

A specialist in environmental health has joined calls for a warrant of fitness for social housing.

It's important that more Māori take up careers in information technology even if it goes against some aspects of tikanga, an IT expert says.

Whanganui is bracing itself for another round of heavy rain, just weeks after the region experienced its biggest flood in recorded history.

Over 450 kaumātua kapa haka performers - with an average age of 85 - are taking part in a special ceremony this weekend in Wellington.

Massey University is celebrating the importance of Te Reo by extending its Māori Language Week activities for the entire month of July.

Ngāpuhi leader Sonny Tau failed to take the appropriate steps before trying to take kererū from the South Island, a conservation organisation says.

Author Hinemoana Baker is encouraging more young Māori to consider taking up writing as a career.