Nearly two years on from the massacre at two Christchurch mosques, a sharp focus remains on Islamophobia in New Zealand.

A free driving programme for ex-offenders has ambitions to teach those behind bars.

The demand for one-day nature or forest schools is on the rise, with advocates saying if schools do not provide more outdoor-based learning, the demand will continue to grow.

While a Mental Health Commission report has described frustration over the pace of change, mental health advocates have also criticised the lack of progress in helping people in Canterbury.

The family of a 90-year-old Levin woman who died after three teenagers beat and robbed her say their mother's kindness cost her life.

New Zealand schools should devote more time to physical education to tackle the shortage of exercise experienced by many children, according to new research.

International boxing star Joseph Parker says he now has "other fights to fight' after he was named as the high-profile sportsman allegedly connected to a global drug syndicate.

The discovery of a partially-collapsed stormwater culvert underneath the only rail link into Port Taranaki is not unexpected but an example of a "nasty surprise", New Plymouth's mayor says.

The owner of the first business to be prosecuted for not displaying the official Covid tracer QR code will appear in court next month.

Aucklanders are free to mingle in large groups after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a shift down down alert levels this morning.

The woman has been named as 29-year-old Toakase Finau of Māngere.

A new anti-vaccine publication with links to Advance New Zealand should be ripped up and thrown in the bin, a health expert says.

A Hawke's Bay dairy farm has been fined for illegally discharging 80,000 litres of effluent into a stream which turned it green.

The Royal Commission report into the mosque shootings recommended the government should direct the ACC to support witnesses, but the government won't be changing the law, Andrew Little says.

The city moves to alert level 1 today after 14 days since the last community case of Covid 19, Jacinda Ardern has announced.

The government and the Auckland Council have announced a $31 billion transport investment for Tāmaki Makaurau.

A column by Andrew Coster seeking to start a national conversation about surveillance is being panned as a disingenuous attempt to deflect criticism.

There has been one new case of Covid-19 in managed isolation reported in New Zealand, with no new community cases in the past 24 hours.