There are now more than 4000 children growing up in motels across New Zealand, devastating parents who are desperate to find a permanent place for their kids to live.

Ten years after Matthew McEachen was killed in the Canterbury quake, his family are still wondering why they have never received an apology.

No new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the community today, following Auckland's move to alert level 2, and the rest of the country's shift back to level 1.

Iwi have made it clear they will not be participating in the "desecration" of their sacred, ancestral lands, set to be developed for housing.

A Christchurch man with terminal cancer is using his final days to battle his insurance company, a decade on from the deadly earthquake.

Auckland Council will soon put its 10-year Budget out for consultation, asking if people support a one-off rates increase of 5 percent.

Maritime NZ plans to meet the skipper of a boat which made a distress call sparking a major search and rescue operation.

The central figure in a High Court trial has been described as a "wealthy, influential businessman" who took opportunities with young men who came to him for help.

The first people to get the Covid-19 vaccine tomorrow will be some of the 100 vaccinators who will then immunise those working at the border.

Elevated lead levels in the blood of children is concerning, but more work needs to be done to understand the cause or any potential effects, a professor of toxicology says.

A woman who mistakenly shot her partner could have called out to find out who was there, before pulling the trigger, a jury has heard.

Wellington City councillors have narrowly voted in support of a plan to privatise part of the city's central library and slash the book-buying budget.

A departure tax, enforcing visitor limits in under pressure destinations and tighter controls on commercial operators have been flagged as part of an overhaul of the tourism industry.

There are no new community cases of Covid-19 today and Cabinet has agreed to make face coverings on public transport a requirement for all of New Zealand, Chris Hipkins says.

Australian Facebook users are now restricted from viewing news content. RNZ Mediawatch's Hayden Donnell joined Afternoons to discuss what's going on and the implications for New Zealand.

All primary, intermediate, secondary school and kura students will have access to free period products from June this year.

A statistician says New Zealand's record low number of births is a sign of a growing trend.

East Otago residents will hear directly from officials about the lead levels in their water supply during a public meeting on 5 March.