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An elderly Auckland woman is facing a desperate fight for her home after her daughter allegedly tricked her into signing away her ownership of the property.

Electric car use is one of the cornerstones of the Climate Change Commission's advice to the government on how to become carbon neutral, but how feasible is it?

The pause on quarantine-free travel with Victoria will continue for a further seven days.

RNZ's Checkpoint has won several major categories at the country's Radio Awards.

Police have named the four people who died in a crash near Ashburton last week.

Far North District Council has agreed to halt progress on establishing areas of ecological significance ahead of a hīkoi of over 1000 iwi and hapū members arriving at its offices.

Four people have been arrested following a drive-by shooting in the Northland town of Kamo early last month.

The chair of the Hawke's Bay Regional Council, Rex Graham, has resigned, much to the surprise of the community and staff.

A new report into the death of a tandem skydiver in Queenstown has found the operator's safety plan had no regard for how long people could survive in cold water.

An Auckland mother will spend 14 years in prison after killing her 21-year-old boyfriend Brendon Hamilton in his Dominion Road flat.

The nurses' union and district health boards have confirmed they are heading back to the negotiating table following yesterday's mass strike.

There is one new case of Covid-19 in managed isolation and quarantine facilities reported today.

The nurses and midwives' union and district health boards (DHBs) will be discussing where to from here after failed pay negotiations led to a strike yesterday.

The primary teachers' union, the Educational Institute, wants a big overhaul of school staffing - including smaller classes and a teacher aide in every classroom.

Te Papa is hosting New Zealand's first major exhibition of surrealist art in nearly half a century, with 180 masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen on show from Saturday.

The foreign workers are being allowed to stay in the country for another six months to help ease labour shortages while the border remains shut.

The Education Ministry has been trying to find schools for more than 100 children who have been kicked out of other schools.