Light rail or something like it could be coming to Christchurch, with Transport Minister Michael Wood getting early advice from NZTA.

Chilly school swimming lessons at Kaponga and a new bush-clad walkway that could become Waverley’s version of Pukekura Park are among topics aired by long term plan submitters in South Taranaki.

Coal mines across the country want to expand. Now's the time to start saying no, say influential international energy experts.

Trainer Allan Sharrock is desperate to clear his name, saying the contamination could have come while the horses were in a temporary stable at the racecourse.

Information about the death of a person after they received the Covid-19 vaccine is “strongly suggestive” getting the jab was unrelated, the Ministry of Health says.

For years, Tina Plunkett has criticised transporters illegally parking on Great North Rd. This week, she was hit by a car being unloaded from one.

Hours before Allen Ball died in a Taranaki police cell, officers had dragged the unconscious and snoring 55-year-old from the back of a police vehicle.

The Ministry of Health says weak positive results were detected in wastewater samples taken from Porirua and the Wellington suburb of Karori last Sunday.

Company facing penalties of $600k for illegally dumping scrap metal is also being investigated for how it manages stormwater runoff at another site.

Radiotherapy is completely down, affecting up to 70 cancer patients a day who will be transferred to Auckland DHB.

The businessman, who has property investments worth millions of dollars, is accused of being part of an organised criminal group.

When Jake Pokai ran a fever during his stay in managed isolation his parents worried he had contracted Covid-19. It turned out to be much worse.

Law students were not deliberately groped, man tells disciplinary tribunal.

New study shows 20 companies produce more than half of the world's single-use plastic, and just how much NZ is contributing to the problem.

Brodie Collins-Haskins, 27, was arrested in rural North Canterbury after being wanted for alleged drug-dealing, firearms and money-laundering offences.

The Invercargill deputy mayor says Sir Tim Shadbolt needs to respond to questions about his driving status.

Taiwan has been praised for its Covid-19 response, but the country is battling a new outbreak, with clusters linked to an international airport and teahouses.

Councillors have voted to introduce water meters across 26,000 residential homes, with installation beginning in July.

Immigration officials confirm there's no paper trail pointing to concerns about Beijing police involvement local visa office

Zhang Wang's housing trust landford is sorry it allowed her 10-year labour of love to be ripped up without warning, and is promising to make the situation right.