Polynesian Panthers are welcoming an impending formal apology from the government on the Dawn Raids but say measures are needed to prevent a similar incident from repeating.

As we are encouraged to ditch our cars, how efficient is it really to get across the Auckland CBD on our feet? RNZ puts this to the test.

A helicopter crash that killed two men has been called completely avoidable during a coronial inquest in Queenstown District Court.

Arthur Allan Thomas - framed by police for the infamous murders of Harvey and Jeanette Crewe in 1970 - is on trial accused of historical sexual offending.

A survivor of Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital has recounted to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care how he was given electroconvulsive therapy mainly as punishment.

Farmers and tradies say the government's clean car package is an unfair tax on them as no alternatives are available for their work vehicles.

Sir Eion Edgar, one of the New Zealand's veteran businessmen, has died at his Queenstown home.

A controversial composting and worm farming business in North Taranaki will appeal a hearing panel's decision not to renew its resource consents.

Rotorua Lakes Council has named not one, but seven new deputy chief executives.

Independent commissioners have given the controversial Dome Valley dump, located north of Auckland, the green light subject to conditions.

The property manager of a Wellington house that was gutted by a fire overnight says the owner had for years complained about the empty neighbouring house, where it is believed the blaze started.

Family members of two males wept and hugged as their loved ones appeared in court this afternoon, charged after a death in Whangārei.

The mother of a helicopter crash victim has described her son as the light of her life at a coronial inquest while asking for recommendations to stop unnecessary deaths.

An Auckland-based film producer has withdrawn from the crew working on a proposed movie about the aftermath of the Christchurch terror attacks.

There is one new case of Covid-19 in managed isolation and quarantine facilities today, the Ministry of Health says.

Police have been using or trialing at least three tools to search social media activity during investigations, but won't say what ones.

A Taranaki high school principal says students are being monitored after suffering minor injuries when their school bus collided with a van on State Highway 3 near Ngaere this morning.

Doubt is being thrown over the deliverability of big construction projects in the capital, where it is forecasted nearly 140 percent more workers are needed to be able to complete the pipeline of work.