Water gushed from a burst water pipe in Aro Valley in central Wellington on Thursday, just three days after a sewage pipe burst in the CBD. In the evening, another ruptured in Wainuiomata.

Financial services watchdog found the man never had the ability to repay the loan he was given.

Returnee says it's "very strange" watching news updates about the Pullman while confined to his room at the hotel.

A convicted conman who defrauded a woman on Tinder has now been blocked from another online dating app.

The animal control officer lost his job and was fined after the Covid-19 lockdown breach.

Organisers say they were protecting Northlanders from the virus, but police say it was dangerous for them to stop cars going 100kmh.

The blaze stretched to 4 hectares and reached a five-year-old pine plantation at its largest. Five helicopters are still flying over looking for hot spots.

A 12-year-old boy who encountered a 3m-long mako shark at a popular Auckland beach says it was like "staring into the eyes of Jaws".

The SPCA pleaded for $2000 for a cat's surgery - they got $5000 in less than a day

The events of a summer's night in 1973 have never been forgotten by two victims.

A woman who committed two kidnappings in one day while New Zealand was in level 4 lockdown told one victim “just drive if you want to live”.

'Very high imminent risk' sees detention continue even after sentence ends.

The extension offers "continued protection of Australians" while the extent of the situation in New Zealand is clarified, Australian minister says.

The move comes ahead of a number of concerts scheduled by the popular children's band and concerns they woudn't be able to get into the country.

Hūnua Ranges dam will supply six million litres of water a day to the Auckland network as part of a $68m Watercare project.

Diversions are in place, train services affected, and power is out after a fatal collision between a train and a car in Wairarapa. Three investigations have been launched.

Tracey Martin said New Zealand First was no longer the party she had been closely involved with for the past decade, and she had no choice but to quit.

The person was pulled out of the water and given medical attention, but died at the scene.

The National Iwi Chairs' pandemic response group has called for the number of people returning home to be restricted to 1500 a week.

Damien O'Connor under fire for saying Australia could learn a thing or two from NZ about how to deal with China.