In November, there were an average of 866,000 scans per day. That's dropped to 465,000 per day in January so far.

Pet owners are increasingly bringing pet cats and dogs to pest-free islands, where they can wreak destruction on fragile native animals, conservation rangers say.

Of the seven new cases, all but one are housed in Christchurch managed isolation facilities.

A 55-year-old woman has been charged with murder after a man's body was found at a Christchurch home this morning.

The fire at Papakura scrap metal yard Global Metal Solutions could be burning well into the night.

A landowner aiming to block the use of 1080 to control possums that may have spread Bovine tuberculosis in Hawke's Bay has lost his claim in the Māori Land Court.

New Zealanders are pessimistic about the prospects of economic recovery this year compared to other nationalities and think social inequalities will increase, according to a new global survey.

Managers at managed isolation facilities say their workers are encountering unfair stigma in the community, and the pressure has been so bad that some have quit because of it.

More than $55,000 of ratepayers' money has been spent investigating Dunedin City Council code of conduct complaints since the 2019 election.

A South Island town surrounded by flammable vegetation is asking its residents to check their fire plans carefully after the devastating blaze that tore through Lake Ōhau last year.

The government needs to take practical action on climate change as the country gears up for warmer years in the future, a climate science professor says.

Instagram has a billion users. So why does it seem to want to hide a small group of them?

Travellers from nearly all countries will soon have to provide a negative Covid-19 test before arriving in New Zealand under tough new rules announced today.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has acknowledged those separated from loved ones and working through the holidays in her Christmas message.

A study informing a national rollout of cervical self-testing has presented evidence to support a future programme.

Officers fired sponge rounds at the men on the roof of the burning high-security building during the standoff at Waikeria Prison, police have confirmed to RNZ.

The number of teenagers studying te reo Māori at secondary school has passed 30,000 for the first time.

The police watchdog has launched a nationwide probe after the police in Masterton admitted illegally photographing young Māori in the district.