A 35-year-old woman who was reported missing from Oamaru on Saturday has been found dead.

A motorcyclist has been taken to Christchurch Hospital.

QR code scan data peaked to 1.85m on Thursday, the first day of lowered alert levels — double as many as the same day the week prior.

When police finally caught up with Lucas Alexander he told them: “As I learned in motocross, when in doubt, throttle out”.​​​​​​​

CEO claims he was told the foundation couldn't criticise the Government because it accepted government money.

All remaining close contacts linked to the latest Auckland community outbreak have now returned negative test results.

A motorcyclist has died in hospital just hours after a car crash in Mount Maunganui, in the Bay of Plenty.

Chris Bishop says it's time for a purpose-built quarantine facility to reduce the risk of another community outbreak.

Experts believe Kiwis should fork out more for Pacific travel when borders finally re-open, to ensure the safety of tourists and the host islands.

Police are asking the public to avoid a section of central Christchurch.

The Art Deco festival atmosphere was very much present in Napier.

The hockey was in Stratford; the music was in Waitara

A house fire in Waitara in being treated as suspicious.

A long-standing motor sport event may have had its last run.

Italy is back in an America's Cup final, and the partying reflects it after their dominant win over Team UK.

Paul Adams jokes he's got some hot rod parts thanks to a live organ donation from his partner Barbara Sutton. The pair are encouraging Kiwis to become donors after going through the process themselves.

A $5.5m ratepayer grant will keep the Arts Centre doors open but full restoration of the Provincial Chambers will have to wait until after 2032.

Kingston Bush, Kade Hikaka and Finn Brasell were having fun on Saturday shooting hoops at a street ball tournament in Marfell.

“It was spectacular,” Sue McNulty said, as a crane lifted half the 1920s villa over a street light and onto a truck.

Depite no overseas competitors, and the spectre of Covid-19 alert level shift, even more people participated in the Wellington Round the Bays run on Sunday.