People arriving in New Zealand from Brisbane are being asked to monitor their health for the next 14 days, after a reported green zone breach at Brisbane Airport.

A social housing provider is demanding the government provide full wrap-around support to everyone living in emergency accommodation.

A century-old pōhutukawa in the Auckland suburb of Mount Eden is at risk after the council left it off its protected tree schedule - but it won't put it back on.

More than $3 billion worth of goods linked to forced or child labour are being imported by New Zealand each year, according to new research by World Vision into modern slavery.

A Northland Māori health provider is going to vaccinate anyone who wants to be protected against Covid-19, even if they don't meet the criteria.

A woman found guilty of shooting and killing her partner, thinking it was an intruder, has been sentenced to nine months' home detention.

An Auckland business man has been sentenced to community work for naming backpacker Grace Millane's killer while a suppression order was in place.

A British doctor says he is set to leave New Zealand because he cannot apply for residence.

Police have arrested eight people and disrupted plans to import hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into the country from Mexico, they say.

Two cases today who flew from Pakistan arrived in New Zealand before the restriction on travel from Pakistan took effect, the Health Ministry says.

New Zealand's glaciers are thinning seven times faster than they were 20 years ago, a study has found.

The group from Thornbury Vintage Tractor Club will set off on Sunday from Invercargill in a 1983 Massey Ferguson 20D tractor to complete the 1200 kilometre round trip to Christchurch.

In Central Otago, some older residents are already working out what to give up so they can pay their power bills over winter, the president of the local Grey Power branch says.

KiwiRail says the death of about a dozen cattle which were hit by a train last night is a timely reminder for farmers to make sure stock are contained.

The jail term given to a man convicted of slavery and trafficking has been called manifestly inadequate.

A judge has handed out $165,000 in fines to three Tauranga men and a company convicted over the botched Bella Vista housing development.

National grid operator Transpower says the hydro lake levels are 67 percent of where they would normally be at this time of year, but there is no cause for worry yet.

The Detail - Much has been said about New Zealand's construction costs contributing to our housing crisis. But there are reasons for soaring prices and no easy solutions.