NZ Post said it was unsafe to deliver to a mailbox up a few steps – but has now decided it's fine, after all.

Operation Tauwhiro will be carried out across all 12 police districts over the next six months.

The four Vietnamese men were each sentenced to two years, nine months behind bars after 4000 cannabis plants were seized by police.

Wellington Mayor Andy Foster responds to criticism for pulling $6.5m from the redevelopment budget, saying the funding amounted to "a drop in the bucket".

The Ministry of Health have announced four new cases of Covid-19, including one community case.

Engineering company Tonkin + Taylor has released a video highlighting the extent of damage caused by the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes in Canterbury.

A sailor who went overboard from a cargo ship has been found alive after 14 hours lost at sea in the South Pacific - he's one lucky man say experts.

Brian Shaw says he has only one thing on his bucket list – settling the claim on his earthquake-damaged Christchurch apartment before he dies.

To investigate what happened, ancient New Zealand kauri trees were analysed for the study.

A Wānaka community group believes building new airports is illogical in the face of climate change.

A man representing himself at a trial could not make it to court because a skin condition has stopped him sleeping for three days.

After a turbulent week for city businesses the shops were empty despite the move to alert level 2.

Drinking water tests after blaze north of Christchurch left a huge mess of toxic melted rubber have come back all clear.

The man broke into the Tinopai bach several months ago and was cooking meth there before a fire erupted, police say.

While their owners are spending two weeks in managed isolation, dogs returning to New Zealand can be in and out of quarantine in 10 days.

Ten years ago, Josh Hilbers watched in horror as the CTV building collapsed with his mother inside.

A two-car crash on Stancombe Rd in Flat Bush closed part of the road and police say there have been critical injuries.

Dozens of candles surrounded a white cross as people gathered to pay their respects to a well-known Palmerston North man found dead in Te Marae o Hine.

Twenty-five health workers have now received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, and Dr Ashley Bloomfield says he's “confident” for Saturday’s roll-out.

Koiauruterangi Fraser says taking part in a kaupapa Māori adventure therapy programme helped give him confidence to pursue basketball more seriously.