Siouxsie Wiles says the quick changes in alert levels mean the Government must be confident in limiting further transmission using the test-trace-isolate strategy.

Staff working at the same time have been asked to isolate and get tested, and the restaurant has undergone a deep clean.

“I’m scared as hell because I don’t know where he is," sister of missing man says.

The parent of a student on a school trip said she was unaware her daughter was stuck in Marlborough Sounds until contacted by the school

David and Pauline Innes have won a Disputes Tribunal case against the Department Conversation after it backtracked on an agreement to contribute to the cost of a fence.

The agency has marked the end point of its journey up the mine's access tunnel, ending any hopes of recovering any bodies.

With "about an hour's sleep", James and Robyn McLaughlin tied the knot the following day in front of a wedding party full of "heroes".

The 72-hour snap lockdown will not be extended, with the Government confident transmission is not widespread.

Of the community cases, one is a close contact of a teenager diagnosed with Covid-19 on the weekend, while the others are her family members.

Police are investigating at Whareakeake, also known as Murdering Beach, after a body was found.

Wellington Girls’ College has apologised to students and male teachers after a senior was sent home for wearing a tank top that she was told put male teachers in a vulnerable situation.

Prominent national broadcaster Marcus Lush wants to try to help people get back on board with the Invercargill City Council in his new role as a councillor.

A mask-friendly way to unlock your phone and a less-scary syringe emoji are just two of many changes on their way in iOS 14.5.

Chris Hipkins said that after the high amount of testing and contact tracing over the past three days they were satisfied the risk of community spread was low.

None of the people killed when an armed man opened fire at two mosques would have survived had they been taken to hospital sooner, a new report says.

“Face masks are not required, and we prefer that they are not worn," is the advice from one Auckland school ahead of level two.

The man had been in a serious condition in ICU since the incident on Saturday night.

The man managed to write a message in the sand of the remote west Auckland beach before collapsing.

Taranaki is dropping to alert level 1 at midnight Wednesday, the Prime Minister has announced.

When structural engineer Dr Dmytro Dizhur walked among the destruction right after the February 2011 quake, he realised there were important lessons to be learned.