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Flights between New Zealand and Western Australia can resume after they were temporarily paused after another Covid-19 outbreak linked to a Perth quarantine hotel.

A Hawke's Bay man is calling for an offensive number plate to be removed from circulation after he found one on his new car.

Council owned forestry blocks on the outskirts of Nelson will begin to be harvested this month after a year-long delay due to Covid-19.

Auckland Council is considering what can be done to secure the safety of a century-old unprotected Mount Eden pōhutukawa tree.

Two women walking along a track by the Clutha River in Alexandra this morning were hit by shotgun pellets fired by duck hunters.

Senior Hutt Valley High School students will tomorrow return from their holidays to new challenges, after the closure of 13 classrooms because of toxic mould.

There are four new cases of Covid-19 in managed isolation since Friday, but no new cases have been found in the community, the Health Ministry says.

Customs has fired nine border workers who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19.

Two divers who went missing off Banks Peninsula earlier today have been found alive.

The Green Party's Pacific people spokesperson Teanau Tuiono has called for the government to apologise for the Dawn Raids - and the Greens want amnesty for overstayers and residence for temporary workers.

Mediawatch: News organisations often report the results of informal polls they carry out by embedding surveys in stories or on social media. Mathematically minded people argue this means they're misinforming readers.

South Canterbury police are investigating the death of a 68-year-old man following an incident north of Timaru on Friday.

The number of back-office police staff investigated for misusing the police's record database has jumped, but the police say the stats are in line with an increase in staff numbers.

Flights between Western Australia and New Zealand have been paused once again, after another Covid-19 outbreak linked to a Perth quarantine hotel.

The Nelson Regional Development Agency has joined up with three of the largest fishery companies to launch a campaign to fill the roles.

A shooting in Christchurch last night has left one person in a serious condition in hospital.

Recent breaches of the trans-Tasman bubble emphasise the need for better border controls and tracing technology, health experts say.