Stories by Kate Newton

A video stream of Kim Dotcom's appeal against extradition is now online - it is the first time a New Zealand court case has been livestreamed.

Analysis - Anybody with internet access will now be able to watch Kim Dotcom's appeal against extradition. What precedent will that set?

Kim Dotcom has been given permission to livestream his appeal against extradition on Youtube.

A district court judge failed to keep an open mind and give meaningful consideration to Kim Dotcom's arguments against extradition, defence lawyers say.

DOC was warning trampers to stay away from the area near a hut where a woman stayed for weeks after her partner died in a fall, a Dunedin tramper says.

A summer water crisis could be looming in Hawke's Bay off the back of the Havelock North gastric illness outbreak, council documents suggest.

More than 4000 people in Havelock North are now estimated to have been hit with gastric illness. Kate Newton looks at the story so far. Video, Audio

The campylobacter outbreak in Havelock North could become the biggest single instance of waterborne disease in New Zealand history - but thousands more cases fly under the radar every year, Kate…

Analysis - "A perfect storm" of circumstances has energised public support for cannabis law reform, reports Kate Newton.

The amount women cricketers are paid is "an evolution" and eventually they should become full-time professionals, New Zealand Cricket says.

Corrections ignored a psychologist's opinion that high-profile prisoner Arthur Taylor could be moved to a lower security prison, a judge has found.

The cloud storage site Mega says a court order to hand over user information to the Kazakhstan government is an unnecessary breach of privacy.

Analysis - A hyper-masculine culture has created the conditions for this week's Chiefs fracas, a sports sociologist tells Kate Newton.

Flossing could be given the flick by the New Zealand Dental Association (NZDA) after the US government dropped the practice from its own recommendations.

Flossing could be given the flick by the New Zealand Dental Association (NZDA) after the US government dropped the practice from its own recommendations.

There is still plenty of work to do to address gender bias in the advertising industry, women working in New Zealand agencies say.

New Zealand's Olympic chef de mission says his team has done everything possible to protect athletes from the zika virus while they are at Rio.

A New Zealander living in Istanbul says she is sheltering inside and won't be taking any chances, with an attempted military coup under way in Turkey.

An Auckland DHB is proposing selling a large chunk of its land to the government for housing, but not everyone is on board with the idea.

Mediaworks chief executive Mark Weldon says he still has the confidence of the company's board after an hours-long meeting. Audio

The trial of an Auckland man accused of murdering a woman and her three-year-old daughter has hit an unexpected delay on its first day Audio

Auckland Council has granted an amnesty to owners of unregistered menacing dogs but says it will crack down when the amnesty ends.

A family with a severely autistic daughter are at a loss after learning the home they spent tens of thousands modifying is a leaky building. Video, Audio

An Auckland man who stabbed a woman to death has been found not guilty of her murder by way of insanity.

Transpower and Vector failed to identify an electrical failure that caused power to be cut to 85,000 homes and businesses in Auckland, a report has found.