Cameron Marshall

Women in Nepal are four times more likely to die during labour than those in Australia. But a doctor's determination to build a new hospital may help bring change.

Unlike at most swim schools, at Lord Howe Island there is no shallow end. There, lessons take place in the island's lagoon.

Karen Ledger has rescued "thousands" of birds in the past decade but some have needed a particularly innovative approach in their rehabilitation.

This athlete wants to achieve a lot. The 19-year-old says if she keeps working towards her goals, then "anything is possible".

This Birpai woman knows it is easy for mothers to get anxious when their baby is unsettled. Now a new initiative is helping both mum and bub stay calm.

Dogs with a calm nature are providing young students with a fun and non-confrontational environment in which to practise reading as part of a program expanding around the country.

Jason Manewell wears his heart on his sleeve when it comes to his home town of Forster. He's one of a growing number of people getting tattoos of places they love.

The late Graham Caldersmith's vision to see more violins made from Australian wood is being carried on by a UK luthier, whose latest creation has been handed to a talented 13-year-old in the Kendall National Violin Competition.

As Australia's housing crisis continues, a community charity group in northern NSW is working towards a creative solution to help people sleeping rough get back on their feet.

Fire rescue crews cut the roof off the vehicle in order to extricate the woman before she was treated at the scene and flown to Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital in a stable condition.

When Bernie Keast sat his NSW Railways exam in 1975, he didn't expect to start his lifelong career a few days later. Nearly five decades later, he's decided to call it a day.

When Barb Roberts first visited Bhutan she vowed to return, not as a tourist but as a volunteer. She's since enhanced learning opportunities and provided books for students but says her work is far from done.

A fire brigade captain was driving through a NSW forest when "a flash of red" caught his eye. It turned out to be a significant piece of history.

Chris Jones has spent 35 years working in libraries and remembers being warned in the late 1980s — just as the internet was emerging — that libraries would be "dead in five years".

Three recent 'BioBlitz' events held in different locations around NSW have recorded the post-bushfire recovery of flora, fauna and fungi. They found nine threatened species bouncing back on the state's Mid North Coast.

Bruce Oehlman enjoyed taking the helm of busy workboats on Sydney Harbour in the 1960s. When he retired to northern New South Wales decades later, he rediscovered one of those boats and is now its unofficial "custodian".

Thirty-two lives were lost when a Japanese submarine torpedoed the SS Wollongbar II in 1943. After being lost to the water for decades, relatives have finally paid their respects at the wreck site off the NSW coast.

As young Mid North Coast musician Angus Gill realised his dream of winning one of the prestigious awards, he paid tribute to the man who helped put him on the path to success.

When war broke out, Australian resident Svetlana Ward's 80-year-old mother refused to leave her village. But when Russian bombs started falling, it took luck, bravery and a stranger's kindness to get Valentina to safety.

Many families look for different activities to do over the summer holidays, but Lloyd Godson and his 11-year-old son Oliver have gone a step beyond most.

After a devastating year, a NSW Mid North Coast family is finding lights in the darkness after losing their five-year-old girl to cancer. 

The green tree frog population around Scotts Head on the NSW Mid North Coast appears to be affected by a deadly fungus after several residents found dead frogs that were brown in colour. 

There has been a sigh of relief from the Coffs Harbour community after the number of venues feared visited by a positive COVID-19 case was reduced to just one.

George Hoad's love of the garden leads to recognition in today's honours list. He joins Brother Stephen Morelli, recognised for his work with Indigenous languages.

A poignant image of a daughter visiting her elderly mother during a coronavirus lockdown has captured judges' hearts in a national photographic competition.