The two victims of a double killing in Hāwera have been named.

Government officials have put the brakes on the $24 million project to shore up the floodwalls around Franz Josef Glacier village and build a new bridge over the wild Waiho (Waiau) River.

A group of iwi members and protesters contesting the sale of land at Wellington's Shelly Bay has served a verbal trespass notice to the developer.

Police are at the scene of a serious multiple-vehicle crash in the Western Bay of Plenty.

A 1000-litre spill of nitric acid in the Christchurch suburb of Middleton has been contained.

Wellington Police have found a firearm which may be connected to a homicide in suburb Karori last year.

There are six new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today, the Ministry of Health says.

Tourism Industry Aotearoa's Chris Roberts says despite New Zealanders' efforts this summer, it just can't compare to what international tourists bring in.

An Auckland couple has been sentenced for not paying about $431,000 in tax.

Six homes were evacuated and one was damaged after a scrub fire burned through a rural Hawke's Bay town overnight.

Experts say the government will need to use trusted leaders in different communities to reach vaccine sceptics, and a failure to do so will worsen health inequities.

Michael Baker is warning a single pre-departure test is not entirely effective, and people can be incubating an infection while they get the test or become infected afterwards.

Helen Howard and Anton Hakkaart and their two young children have taken upon themselves to tackle the climate crisis head on, one small step at a time.

The Council for Civil Liberties is challenging a claim by former National Party leader Simon Bridges that people should have total freedom of expression on Twitter.

The assistant Māori children's commissioner says escapes from residences showed they weren't meeting the complex needs of young people.

Police have launched a national review into a policy of taking photos of young people after it was revealed officers in Wairarapa took illegal photos of rangatahi - but they deny it is a widespread practice.

A new exhibition in New Plymouth looks at the impact of colonisation on Māori.

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