Stay, go or slide it down the road? A last-ditch effort is being made save Christchurch's NG building from the giant footprint of a new multi-use arena.

Kiwis will be able to fly to and from Australia without a stay in a managed isolation hotel from Monday April 19.

Labour MP Kieran McAnulty wants the backing of 61 MPs for a prospective law ending alcohol restrictions on Easter weekend, ANZAC Day, and Christmas Day.

Jeffrey Srhoj was coming to terms with life as a quadriplegic when he died in hospital.

Taranaki Regional Council has become the region's third local government body to establish a Māori constituency for the 2022 election - but what form it will take has yet to be decided.

A five-day Easter break for students has caught some parents on the hop, with many scrambling to find childcare so they can go to work.

Jacinda Ardern says the bubble will potentially bring in as much as $2 billion in economic benefit to New Zealand.

Ministry of Health gave the update ahead of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's announcement on the trans-Tasman bubble.

Hundreds of people on motorbikes roared on to Marine Parade just before Peter Lui's funeral was set to begin.

Site manager Daniel Couchman was on holiday when he received a call telling him there was a car in his fruit bins - 5 metres off the ground.

The incident comes a month after a gay man was kicked and stomped on nearby. “We felt really threatened, and it’s not fair,” victim says.

Public health experts have welcomed the Government's “cautious” quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia, which, one of them says, if successful, could see the bubble expand to include Asian countries.

A man who died after being hit by a bus was “very loved” and known as a “colourful character” around Wellington, his family says.

A vehicle hitting a power pole has caused a widespread power outage.

We have all you need to know about traffic and weather-related incidents across the region.

Air New Zealand will enter the bubble with capacity at 50 per cent of pre-Covid.

Hamilton's mayor backtracks on Maaori wards issue, gathering enough councillors to put it on the agenda again ahead of the 2022 election.

Auckland's mayor says opening the Australian travel bubble will boost the city’s tourism and hospitality sectors.

Two young men plunged 100 metres from a rock face in Fiordland's remote Darren Mountains. They were the fourth and fifth members of their elite team lost in five years.

Friends are feeling "deep grief" for "indispensable” members of Dunedin's Japanese community after their Easter boat trip ended with a toddler's death.