A life-changing device that many Type 1 diabetics cannot afford is being handed out as a weight management tool by a wellness retreat.

An employment lawyer is predicting there will be legal action over Covid-19 vaccination requirements for frontline workers.

Officials who opened a new Māori-based service youth justice facility in Auckland this morning did so with a promise: that it will have made a significant difference in a year.

Senior students at Hutt Valley High School will be forced to study from home because so many classrooms have been closed due to toxic mould and leaks.

Unvaccinated border workers may continue in some frontline MIQ jobs for the next three weeks before they are moved to other roles.

State Highway 2 between the Hutt Valley and Wairarapa has partially reopened after a serious crash closed it for about four hours this afternoon.

The review was commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade after reports an Air New Zealand unit was carrying out repair work on planes for the Royal Saudi Navy.

Early childhood service owners are wary of plans for a flying squad to investigate potential fraud and safety failures but others in the sector say it is urgently needed.

Genome results show the infection of three Grand Millennium workers who have tested positive for Covid-19 are very closely related, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says.

New Plymouth District Council is ditching its support for a Remediation NZ, which has stockpiled 20,000 tonnes of contaminated waste at its Uruti site.

The Collective is an eight-part video series following six young musicians as they work towards the biggest opportunity of their lives - a headline gig at Auckland venue The Tuning Fork.

Protesters have taken to the water on kayaks to protect a breakwater wall where kororā (little blue penguins) are burrowing on Waiheke Island.

Time in paradise is up for Matatā residents living in a red-zoned debris flow risk area, after a plan change has deemed their land and family home uninhabitable.

Lower Hutt has become the first New Zealand city outside Auckland with a Pasifika resident district court judge.

A new report reveals gaps in New Zealand's risk management and seeks greater political transparency.

Almost 40 Auckland beaches became unsafe for swimming this weekend after considerable rain.

A man paying $2000 a week to get a bowel cancer drug injected, has joined calls for the government to fund the administration of privately purchased cancer drugs.

The Director-General of Health says he is awaiting information on the vaccination status of the latest Covid-19 case - a third worker at the Grand Millennium Hotel.