Police are calling on the public to speak up about organised crime, illegal guns and violence.

More New Zealanders need to improve their digital skills, as workforce shortages are exacerbated by Covid-19 border closures, new research shows.

New Zealand has been ranked fourth on a global democracy index, behind Norway, Iceland and Sweden.

An increasing number of severe fires has forced Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz) to expand its aerial firefighting budget by more than $3 million.

Auckland police are promising to follow up on reports of a large number of motorcyclists who took to Auckland's roads on Waitangi Day on dirt bikes.

Pupils at a Whakatāne school will have to wait three weeks before they can re-enter the grounds after a fire ripped through eight of its classrooms.

Student pilots who are practising night flying near Feilding and Palmerston North are being targeted with dangerous lasers by members of the public.

A multi-million dollar restoration on Auckland Art Gallery's heritage building will begin later this year.

There have been no new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today, either in the community or at the border.

From tomorrow, employers can get $350 to help pay workers waiting for Covid-19 test results, if staff cannot work from home.

Police are trying to piece together what happened, and the death is being treated as unexplained at this stage.

About 30 red-billed gulls were killed as cars and a quad bike hooned around Otago's Royal Albatross Centre car park early on Saturday.

Study visas for thousands of foreign students are expiring, and many are preparing to leave the country.

A west Auckland councillor says her community is on edge after a man was taken into custody today after allegedly firing two shots into the air.

Free fruit and vegetables will be on offer next week for the Otago residents whose water supply is contaminated with lead.

A person has died on the Coromandel Peninsula after suffering what police say is believed to be a medical event.

People who found New Zealand's lockdown distressing and lonely were three times more likely to smoke more, a new study says.

Swimmers at an east Auckland beach are being warned to take care after sharks were spotted offshore, with another shark warning continuing over on a west coast beach.