Two siblings of the latest Covid-19 case from Papatoetoe High School have also tested positive, the Ministry of Health has announced this evening.

A man who's accusing a prominent businessman of fondling him in bed says he secretly recorded one of the man's associates trying to bribe him with $15,000.

A former clinical psychologist at Auckland DHB has lifted the lid on the extent of staff burnout and waiting times for mental health services.

A pamphlet from a prison reform lobby group discovered at Spring Hill prison, described as "basically inciting people to disorder", has been referred to police.

The skipper of a yacht who put out a mayday call last week failed to cancel it when he could have after reaching calmer seas, but Maritime NZ says he was under high stress.

A mentally-ill man jailed for seven years under a three-strikes rule after attempting to kiss a woman on a Wellington street is challenging the decision in the Supreme Court.

The new community case of Covid-19 announced earlier today by the Ministry of Health is a student at Papatoetoe High School.

It is among two options in Environment Canterbury's 2021-2031 draft long-term plan consultation document released this week.

An investigation in the Pullman Hotel outbreak is looking at whether airborne particles generated by bowel movements could have been a factor.

Twenty eight pilot whales that were found stranded at Farewell Spit this morning are still swimming close to shore as concerns increase.

Workers will be able to take leave for sickness or bereavement from their first day in the job under a planned revamp of the complicated Holidays Act.

A search is underway for a teenager who ran away from an Oranga Tamariki community facility in west Auckland last night.

State Highway 29 on the Waikato side of the Kaimai Range is closed following a crash.

Wellingtonians are urging their elected councillors to quit the infighting, and get on with the job.

Education Ministry figures show a dramatic dip in the number of new early childhood services.

An electrician had to be "coached through" fixing a gas leak on a Cook Strait ferry, found an investigation which discovered a trail of systemic training and emergency planning failures.

The difficult recovery of a man's body, who died at sea while on a cargo vessel travelling to New Plymouth, has been described as "PPE on steroids".

Analysis - The latest child poverty figures are set to be released this morning - but they will not show the impact of the economic fallout from Covid-19 on struggling families.