New Zealand lawmakers should not be intimidated by threats from Google to remove its search engine from Australia, a tech expert says.

A group fighting against the sexual exploitation of children says the problem has been on the rise since the start of the pandemic.

Police are warning of delays after a single vehicle crash on Auckland Harbour Bridge.

A Queenstown nurse has become the fastest woman to run the length of the country, in 57 days and 12 hours.

The two men at the heart of the new documentary about the influential Dawn Raid Entertainment empire hope it will shatter some of the negative stereotypes that surround their community.

The Department of Conservation says it is making good progress investigating a report of vehicles driving through a black-billed gull nesting colony in North Canterbury.

With the UK variant feared more deadly as well as being more infectious, the government should temporarily close the border to arrivals from the UK, a public health expert says.

Hawke's Bay health officials are urging people to turn on the Bluetooth function of their Covid Tracer app ahead of a major concert today.

Several parts of the country could be in for some rough weather in the next 24 hours; including Wellington, Canterbury and the West Coast.

The Immigration Advisers Authority is investigating an alleged scheme at an Auckland Tongan church, which promises residency for cash.

Nearly two-thirds of Dunedin residents think public consultation is lacking at the Dunedin City Council, the latest Dunedin Residents' Opinion Survey says.

International fishing crew sharing rooms and walking through corridors to go smoke outside is what led to two managed isolation staff contracting Covid-19

Controversial Oranga Tamariki chief executive Grainne Moss has decided to step down.

A person has died in an incident involving a tractor at a farm at Earnscleugh near Alexandra.

Police are gearing up for another gun buyback, starting 1 February.

Some trampers are questioning why QR codes aren't displayed at all DOC huts and sites, despite the government's advice to use the app when out and about.

There have been nine new cases of Covid-19 reported in managed isolation in New Zealand over the past two days, the Ministry of Health says.

Archaeologists, historians and iwi authorities are disturbed at news someone has illegally helped themself to an archaeological site used by early Māori.