Watch - A family-of-five who've gone car-less reckon it's made no difference to their finances - and they've had to get creative about how they get around.

People in Napier are being urged to stay out of the Ahuriri Estuary after 1000 litres of hydochloric acid spilled onto a nearby street.

Residents in two coastal Otago towns say they want answers about lead contamination in drinking water ahead of a public meeting where they will confront authorities.

Refugees will soon resume arriving in New Zealand for the first time since the resettlement programme was frozen last year.

Firefighters near Dunedin are busy battling a number of grass fires.

The men are each charged with rioting, riotously destroying property, burglary using a weapon, and wilfully setting fire to property and endangering life.

There have been no new community cases reported today after yesterday's positive result, with just one new case in managed isolation.

The Dunedin City Council will front at tonight's public meeting on the high levels of lead found in two east Otago towns' water supply.

The Strategic Tourism Assets Protection Programme is part of the government's $400 million Covid-19 tourism recovery fund.

A Queenstown housing trust is offering apartments for as low as $200,000 - but there's a catch.

A large blaze west of Palmerston North has been 90 percent contained but is still burning in the centre.

People wanting to return to New Zealand who are dying, need specialist healthcare or want to be with a terminally ill relative are "appalled" their applications are being assessed by staff without medical qualifications.

A teacher who reported an early childhood centre for punishing toddlers by putting them in isolation fears the abuse is continuing.

Why did it take so long for the public to find out about high levels of lead in two east Otago towns? How dangerous is the problem? And what is known about the towns? RNZ explains.

A senior academic staff member at the Auckland University of Technology wants the vice-chancellor to resign following a scathing report into bullying.

An environmental organisation is calling for a halt to Wellington airport's expansion plans.

Residents of Waikouaiti and Karitane say they are afraid the health of their families after the highest level of lead found in water was almost 40 times the acceptable limit.

Wairoa in Hawke's Bay had a 63.5 percent increase in median house prices, by far the highest growth rate of any district in the country.