They're belittled, humiliated and pushed to their limits. Mava Enoka reports.

The Middlemore buildings are symptomatic of a rottenness in the way health is run.

The $900,000 Ski NZ campaign is promoting all major ski regions to the Australian market

Tests show New Zealand's valuable beef export sector is so far free of M. bovis disease.

A fine day with relatively warm temperatures is forecast around the country today

Prepare for long trips home if you're heading back to main centres tomorrow.

Police searching for a missing 10-year-old boy in Wellington area.

The sunshine isn't set to stay for the long weekend - a cold front is approaching.

About 60 per cent of the country's councils have voted to open shops on Easter Sunday.

Gisborne, Napier and Hastings are the only main centres set to get clear skies today.

From dinner with Obama to opening an MP's office, Simon Bridges has had a busy four weeks

An influx of trail bike riders will hit Waiouru this weekend for the Tussock Buster.

Hot, dry weather made for a poor honey season this year, most beekeepers say.

John Key says golf game with former US President "came down to the wire".

Part of State Highway 1 in Wellington is closed because of a bush fire.

Pair had been sailing their 12-metre yacht from the Bay of Islands to Whangarei.

Temperatures fell almost a degree below zero at one weather station.

Berries eyed as next billion-dollar export business by new joint venture.

Group of people used phones to film a vehicle doing a lengthy burnout before car torched.

All three patients were taken to hospital by helicopter.

Eastern parts of North Island - from Northland to Gisborne - appear to be in Hola's path.

Intersection of SH48 and SH47 in the central North Island closed after double fatal crash.

A person has been killed after a crash in Northland.

Tropical Cyclone Hola has weakened but still has New Zealand in its sights.

The review is being led by high-profile Wellington-based lawyer QC Victoria Casey.

Traffic the only gripe in New York Times writer's love letter to Auckland.

Three separate forecasting models for Cyclone Hola predict the storm is likely to hit.

Could NZ have a tsunami early warning system? A visiting Japanese scientist thinks so.

Recent rain has decreased supply of some vegetables and made them more expensive.

Some parts of the south may be in for rain, but the rest of the country is better off.