The climate watchdog has told farmers to clean up their practices or risk international punishment.

A Waitematā DHB doctor's letter to the government has warned medical staff are stretched and struggling to cope, while figures show hundreds of millions of dollars to spent on tackling the problem.

Average house values in the Wellington region have topped $1 million but the latest CoreLogic House Price Index shows some slowdown in the growth of those values.

Waka Kotahi - the New Zealand Transport Agency - has been testing the damaged Ashburton bridge to see whether cars can go across by tomorrow morning.

Immigration New Zealand shed more than 300 jobs overseas as it shut branches in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, but recruitment was put on hold due to financial constraints.

Fonterra is preparing to truck supplies down the West Coast from tomorrow morning to ensure southerners don't miss out on their milk.

The meat and liver of a great white shark have been seized by the Department of Conservation after a search warrant in Tauranga.

Auckland's water agency says it does have some sympathy for the Aucklanders whose water costs will double in the next 10 years, but says it is a necessary pill that must be swallowed.

In honour of Samoan Language Week, RNZ's Faivaeselopepe Anric takes us on a brisk walk through a few phrases repeated over in recent weeks during Samoa's constitutional crisis.

As Canterbury embarks on a massive cleanup, a SH1 bridge closure is adding to the task. RNZ's photographers and reporters have been documenting it.

More than 150 aerospace specialists have arrived on short term visas to work in New Zealand for the satellite launch service provider Rocket Lab since the country's border closed.

The FBI warns Auckland company Mega.NZ is being used by ransomware attackers. The company says it cannot rule out hackers are using its service to store patient data stolen from Waikato DHB.

Another person has been arrested in relation to a firearms incident in the Sofitel Hotel in Auckland's Viaduct Harbour in April, bringing the number of arrests so far to 11.

Aucklanders' water bills will increase by 7 percent from 1 July, in the first of yearly rates hikes for the next 10 years.

Residents in the lower South Island will see gaps on supermarket shelves after floodwater damage cut key delivery routes through Canterbury.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has inspected the damage in Canterbury after flooding across the region.

There are no new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand reported today.

A man accused of stabbing four people at a Dunedin supermarket has appeared at the High Court at Dunedin.