One of the city's oldest public buildings is at last getting its repairs, after consistently appearing on a list of the worst eyesores.

Flights to and from Western Australia can resume as soon as Monday, with the risk to public health in NZ deemed low.

The woman was taken to hospital with moderate to serious injuries.

Men often don't bother to hide sexual assault of the women they work alongside in the defence force.

A woman has been charged and a man has been flown to Christchurch Hospital following an alleged attack in Methven.

Social housing tenants fear worsening violence, after two killings in two weeks and now a man believed to have gang links being shot at an east Christchurch complex.

Bhumika Kohli refuses to pay her exploited ex-employees. Another has come forward claiming they were ripped off, but Kohli insists she isn't in the wrong.

Distinction Hotel's makeshift yard for quarantined guests may have to move to privately owned land so much-needed central city upgrades can begin.

Police have launched a homicide investigation after a 68-year-old man died following an alleged assault at a property near Timaru.

Temperatures dropped to as low as -6C overnight, but much of the country should enjoy a sunny end to the school holidays.

Police are asking for CCTV or phone footage after an assault in Gisborne

Flights between WA and NZ halted as more positive cases of Covid-19 have been identified in Perth in an outbreak linked to a quarantine hotel.

The rugby league legend and former Warriors star told fans he was facing charges in a video posted to his Instagram account.

Martial arts competitors showed fighting spirt at a Taranaki tournament on Saturday.

The women were walking along a track by Clutha River in Alexandra when they were struck by pellets fired from a boat.

After an unknown stranger paid their bill at a cafe, a Muslim women's group decided to "pay it forward" by helping feed 80 people in need.

Southland man Richard Millar uses any excuse to get off the farm and go hunting, with duck shooting opening weekend at the top of his list.

But her colleagues have warned against stereotyping seniors, with a 72-year-old councillor saying he would quite happily “run up and down stairs”.

A search and rescue operation got under way on Sunday when the two men failed to return from their dive off Banks Peninsula.

Taylor Gartner had turned 18 when she found out the chronic pelvis pain she had lived with for the past five years was in fact endometriosis.