A woman reported missing and last seen on the Interislander Ferry has been found.

The woman had protested against Covid-19 measures in Australia and starred in a series of YouTube videos with a notorious conspiracy theorist during her stay in MIQ.

The rate of successful rape convictions in 2020 was the lowest for more than 10 years and Women's Refuge says nothing will change if the consequences aren't there.

Fire crews are battling several rural blazes across Southland, Otago and South Canterbury.

A new group will be formed to screen road names in Marlborough after councillors criticised developers twice last year for choosing names that were too English.

Police are investigating how a speeding car became wedged in a stack of fruit bins on a Hastings orchard, trapping a man inside.

Wellington's landmark St Gerard's Church will close its doors later next month, after the owners failed to raise enough money to get the earthquake-prone building strengthened.

The head of the Mental Health Foundation says the government is failing to tackle the crisis facing the sector.

The Easter road toll has climbed to seven after a motorcylist died at the scene of a crash in the Far North this morning.

There have been six new cases of Covid-19 reported in managed isolation in New Zealand since Thursday, and no new community cases.

The boat at the centre of yesterday's tragedy in Otago, in which one child died, has now been located by police.

A man has suffered serious injuries after being shot during an incident in the Auckland suburb of Avondale early this morning.

Fire fighters spent last night battling two small vegetation fires in high winds, and much of the South Island and parts of the lower North Island are being warned to prepare for severe weather today.

Emergency services in Wellington have spent the night responding to a fatal crash involving a bus and a male pedestrian in the central city.

Up to $1 billion could flow into NZ by the end of the year if a trans-Tasman travel bubble opened in coming weeks, the head of Tourism New Zealand says.

A woman has been winched to safety after falling down a bank at Army Bay in Whangaparāoa, north of Auckland.

A coroner has highlighted red flags that can warn women when they are at risk of being injured or killed by their partners.

Staff at the Department of Internal Affairs are being reminded how to handle information, after a folder was left on public transport in Wellington.