Aranz Medical sent its staff home after one was falsely told they had Covid-19 - only to be rapped over the knuckles by health bosses.

Hundreds of flights have left the capital since a Covid-19 positive case arrived on Saturday, with one expert now saying the virus “could be anywhere in New Zealand”.

Armed officers searched cars after the "third hand" report of a person with a gun at a car park. Hours later, they were called to a second incident.

The freak storm wrecked their garage and parts of their home, but an assessor didn't come until three days later.

One-time leader of the National Party Todd Muller cites health and family as he announces he will step down in 2023.

Scientists studied a 100-year-old Antarctic dog biscuit and found it was as good as modern pet food.

National Party leader Judith Collins acknowledged there were errors in the way Hipango's expenses were coded.

Janesh Prasad's children, Ashley and Jesh, promised to look after their mum and graduate from university - a dream he never achieved.

Earl Opetaia was paid to care for some of the country’s most vulnerable children but molested them instead.

Four men have appeared at the High Court charged in relation to the incident that resulted in MMA fighter Fau Vake's death.

Popular brunch spots, an Irish pub and an award-winning restaurant are among the six locations named.

Electricity being generated at South Taranaki’s only wind farm is already likely helping cut New Zealand’s carbon emissions by up to 450,000 tonnes of CO2 a year.

Covid-19 alert level change in the capital means fans will be locked out of Manu Samoa vs Māori All Blacks game.

A woman who was in a bar visited by the Covid-infected Australian says she couldn't get through to Healthline and was turned away from testing centre.

It was a cold and windy holiday weekend in Wellington, and this travel bubble tourist hit all the classic capital spots. He didn't know he had Covid though.

The NSW team is safe to get in but some players' families have made a mad dash to Brisbane to beat the cut-off.

Unexplained mast bumping - a problem with rotor mechanisms - has led to hundreds of deaths around the world, an investigator told an inquest into a helicopter accident.

As ski fields prepare for a bumper two weeks during Aussie school holidays, Sydney's outbreak may pierce the Trans-Tasman bubble

But at least one supermarket appeared to already be running low on toilet paper by Wednesday evening.

Charlie Symes received shock treatment to his head, groin, the soles of his feet, neck and across his chest.