Nathan Smith was inside Masjid An-Nur when the shooting started on 15 March 2019. He sat down with RNZ reporter Anan Zaki to discuss his experience - and his call for more mental health support.

Conditions for quarantine-free travel between Australia and New Zealand have been met, and a bubble will start in less than two weeks, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

A pupil at Mount Hutt College has been suspended after an alleged incident where they filmed a fellow student before distributing the footage to multiple contacts, "with the intention of humiliating them".

Packs of up to 15 feral dogs have forced the temporary closure of tracks and a campground in the Far North and it is as yet unclear how dangerous they are.

This year's kiwifruit budding season may be one of the last in which the boom of audible bird scaring devices will be heard across Whakatāne District.

Freedom camping rules in two popular tourist regions are being challenged in the High Court by a national caravan group for being too restrictive.

The stevedore landed on her tailbone and was taken to hospital with several injuries. Now, Maritime New Zealand is investigating.

"Besides the birthdays and the milestones, it's that every other day in between. To say 'good night' and 'don't worry, I'll see you soon" for 450 days, it's mind-boggling."

Jane Stevens' son Nicky took his own life while in the care of the Waikato DHB in 2015 - she's part of a group concerned about about the quality of mental health services.

Far North District Council has failed to warn people about the dangers of Cable Bay following a drowning in 2018, a Coroner's report says.

Seventeen new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in managed isolation since Sunday, with no new cases in the community.

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff has defended his council's Easter trading rules described as archaic by the retail industry.

Taxpayers are being asked to stump up for half the cost of a TV ad campaign to attract more people to the fishing sector.

The government has appointed the members of a group set up to advise it on decisions about firearms.

In November 2019 between 180,000 and 190,000 chickens died at a West Auckland farm after a power outage cut the air supply to the barns they were in.

A masters surfing competition in Taranaki has been forced to introduce a new age-group category - for its first ever contestant aged over 80.

A study found 48 percent of secondary students represented their school in sport last year - the first time the figure's dropped below 50 percent.

The government is being urged to spend an extra $930 million on road maintenance in light of the high death toll over the Easter break.