More than $10 million worth of assets were seized, including four properties and three vehicles in St Heliers, Kumeu and New Lynn and $200,000 worth of jewellery.

The government has congratulated Team New Zealand, and Cabinet has agreed in principle to use the under-spend from 2018 Budget to support them to plan for the next tournament.

A police officer has been stood down after a video surfaced appearing to show them telling a member of the public to kill themselves.

Heather Burling says the team's win was "overwhelming" and a huge relief.

A Christchurch widow who witnessed the mosque attacks plans on leaving New Zealand after her daughter became a target of hate crime and now fears for her life.

A DNA testing expert says blood found on a chainsaw blade is highly likely to belong to Auckland man Denver Chance.

Jerome Dean said he was taking responsibility for his actions and he didn't mean to kill his baby, Thalia Samson-Dean, in April last year.

Two more men have pleaded not guilty to charges laid over historical sexual offending against boys at Auckland's Dilworth School.

Police have launched a homicide investigation into a man's death in Morrinsville. He was seriously injured and later died in hospital.

Napier people fear waterways in the city could be at a point of "no return" if nothing is done to stop their destruction.

Some 27,000 people had their first vaccination, with 60 percent of those in Auckland, officials say, as the ministry reports three new cases in MIQ.

Consultation is under way on a major overhaul of how drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure and services are delivered across the country.

The first New Zealanders have now been fully vaccinated for Covid-19, with about 500 managed isolation and quarantine workers heading for their second dose of the Pfizer jab.

Instagram is adding safety measures designed to protect teenagers from unwanted direct messages from adults.

Dunedin police officers are monitoring the city's student quarter in large numbers after St Patrick's Day "binge" drinking kicked off by 8am.

The Salvation Army has given a lukewarm response the idea of establishing an independent body to deal with all claims of abuse of people in the care of the state and churches.

"Catastrophic" consequences of environmental damage and even loss of life is being forecast from sea level rise breaching a giant landfill including toxic waste at Tiwai Point aluminium smelter in Southland.

Team New Zealand are tantalisingly close to defending the America's Cup, and, if the wind blows, will get two more shots at it today.