Tourism New Zealand has no plans to stop marketing Aotearoa to New Zealanders since it branched away from its international focus just over a year ago.

Stories on contentious local issues are nearly always illustrated the same way; Mediawatch asked an award-winning photographer why angry people with their arms folded are so ubiquitous in our media.

Tiny radar tags have been fitted on insects to monitor their movement, and researchers hope the new tech can help understand and protect endangered species.

Firefighters are continuing to work on bringing a massive blaze in the South Auckland suburb of Papakura under control.

Police said they found a hedge bordering the Top 10 Holiday Park had been set alight just before midnight yesterday.

Police have searched a home after a shooting in Napier early this morning.

The Waitaki mayor wants the government to change the rules on where carbon farming is allowed.

Road workers and many Ashburton residents are spending their long weekend repairing damage from the Canterbury floods, while volunteers are helping flood-stricken farmers.

There has been one new case of Covid-19 reported in managed isolation and quarantine facilities since Friday and no new cases in the community.

Air New Zealand says more than three-quarters of its frontline employees are fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

Police say they have been catching 'unfortunate' numbers of drink-drivers in blitzes around the country.

A South Auckland doctor is worried about a sudden rise in severe respiratory virus cases among children, as winter sets in.

An East Cape pharmaceutical company has admitted planting mānuka over at least a hectare of "regionally-significant wetland" and taking water without consent.

A fatal crash in the Auckland suburb of Waterview brings the Queen's Birthday weekend road toll to one.

The annual Brass Monkey Rally is being held in Central Otago's Ida Valley for the fortieth and final time this weekend.

Professor Michael Baker is concerned that thousands of border workers have not yet been vaccinated against Covid-19.

Some parts of the country are in for a wet and windy Queen's Birthday holiday tomorrow.

Blenheim's high-profile museum lets in ants, reaches "very hot" temperatures, and could be a "death trap" in a quake.