RNZ

Hot on the heels of Lime e-scooters being pulled from Dunedin streets Christchurch City councillors have voted to allow Lime to expand its fleet in the city.

A court has ruled collapsed company Mainzeal traded while insolvent for nine years and has held some of the directors, including ex-PM Jenny Shipley, liable for $36m for letting it happen.

'Pit stops' will be held to try to to educate the "lycra louts" who have led to a school cancelling its walking bus.

On the eighth anniversary of the 2011 quake teenager Ashley Cullen, describes how mental illness tore through her childhood.

Two elderly poodles, neglected to the point where they no longer looked like dogs, have topped SPCA's annual list of shame.

As operations ramp up on the West Coast to re-enter Pike River mine, in another small mining town minds are turning to another tragedy underground - the death of 34 men and boys in Kaitangata 140 years ago.

A multimillion-dollar redevelopment in Queenstown including a state-of-the-art gondola, lower terminal building and a 650-seat restaurant is set to go ahead.