Stories by Bill Hickman

Getting things wrong at the start of a mental health crisis makes everything worse for patients, mental health workers and emergency services staff, an expert says.

Wellington songwriter Darren Watson is taking aim at Parliament again with a new song released just in time for the upcoming election.

A new multi-million dollar recording facility is set to make Wellington's Town Hall the centre piece of the country's film industry and classical music scene.

A police spokesperson said they had spent thousands of hours trying to find her.

The majority of notices issued were for selling vapes to people under the age of 18.

A Wellington District Court Judge has upheld an appeal of the Medical Council's suspension of a GP over conduct relating to Covid-19.

A new two-way cycle lane connecting Wellington's Basin Reserve to Waitangi Park on the waterfront has opened access between the city and southern suburbs.

锂离子电池火灾发生后会产生明火，过程不可逆。专家提醒应及时远离起火点。

Fire and Emergency is urging owners of e-scooters and e-Bikes powered by lithium ion batteries to take care when charging the devices.

The rise of artificial intelligence in the film industry has some fearing a future where films are created without cameras and actors. Audio

Musicians and members of Aotearoa's Irish community say Sinéad O'Connor's music will be playing all over the world today. Video

A 10-year-old from Auckland's North Shore has raised $20,000 for Starship Children's Hospital by auctioning a uniquely shaped potato chip on Trade Me.

Erice van Leuven first came to international attention at 10 years old after a clip of her going hammer and tongs on her tiny, bright pink, kids bike went viral. Video, Audio

A relative of one of two motorcyclists who went missing overnight in the Akatarawa Forest had a few words to say about the incident. The pair were found safe after a cold night in the bush.

A Wellington woman says she could never have predicted she would make a sprawling catch to rein in one of the most famous names in New Zealand cricket this week.

Parents and teachers in a Wellington suburb are outraged a vape retailer is set to open near a bus hub that gets their children to and from school each day. Audio

The government is being urged to take a tougher stance on parents of children too young to face prosecution over retail crime.

The New Zealand Firearms Registry is set to go live on 24 June, nearly four years after it was proposed in the wake of the Christchurch Mosque terror attacks.

Hundreds of people gathered in Wellington's Cathedral of St Paul in a service of remembrance for the victims of the fire.

The Aged Care Commissioner has criticised a Tauranga care home after a dementia patient assaulted another resident as he lay unconscious and dying.

A doctor has been suspended for six months for importing and prescribing unregistered drugs such as steroids as well as prescribing a sex hormone not approved for human use in New Zealand.

An Otago-born author who researched the train crash which shattered her family 80 years ago says she believes the driver was made a scapegoat for the tragedy.

Wellington's mayor says lives depended on bringing buildings without a current Building Warrant of Fitness up to standard quickly.

Raymond Lauder says he had an uneasy feeling when he came across a couch fire on Monday night, ahead of the fatal blaze.

Local agencies are assisting dozens of people made homeless by the fire at Loafers Lodge in Newtown.