Health experts are urging New Zealanders to take advantage of the Covid-19 vaccination rollout, but reminding that it takes a while for the vaccine to take effect.

In Te Whanganui-a-Tara crashes over the past 10 years, cyclists and pedestrians made up nearly a third of all minor injuries, nearly half of all serious injuries, and 38 percent of all deaths.

The Air New Zealand crew member who tested positive was "incredibly diligent" in taking precautions during a layover, the airline's chief medical officer says.

The marine sector is warning it is at crisis point, with few superyachts booked to arrive for refits because their super-rich owners do not see the point if they cannot travel to New Zealand too.

A group of health practitioners who conscientiously object to abortion are in the High Court today, suing the Crown over new legislation.

Hundreds of boaties are expected to be out on Tāmaki Makaurau's Hauraki Gulf and Waitematā Harbour this week for the America's Cup events.

The government has purchased enough of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for every New Zealander, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

Several helicopters have airlifted to hospital people injured in a school bus crash near Murchison this afternoon.

A person has serious injuries after being stabbed in the Christchurch suburb of Waltham.

A report into the care of a woman who gave birth to an underweight baby which later died has found the Bay of Plenty District Health Board failed in its duty of care and breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights.

The farmer failed to feed, adequately treat and prevent parasites for 245 calves, and ill-treated five calves.

More than 330 historical permits from over 30 years ago that were due to be replaced with resource consents are still in effect.

Two pods of rarely seen Arnoux's beaked whales have been photographed by the Antarctica New Zealand team at Scott Base.

Women are less likely to be the sole owner of a house in New Zealand than men, due in part to the gender pay gap, a study has found.

An Air New Zealand flight attendant who tested positive for Covid-19 had received a coronavirus vaccination shot a few days earlier.

Don French, 62, has spent about 30 years trying to complete the challenge after making a throwaway claim while trapped in a hut in bad weather.

One new border-related case reported last night will be officially added to today's tally, but no new cases have been found in the community.

A 97-year-old woman is among those who fear they will be deported from New Zealand to countries ravaged by coronavirus.