A Wellington College pupil has been forced to find a new way to get to school after being bullied by a bus driver, who refused to stop and pick him up.

Whanganui school students will be the first in the country to be vaccinated at school from the beginning of the next school term.

A man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his neglected young son while the family was staying in emergency housing last year.

The business owner who championed the four-day working week says New Zealand lags behind the rest of the world when it comes to leaving Monday-to-Friday behind.

The government is being called on to hold an independent review of the country's opera sector, following claims of mismanagement by the New Zealand Opera company.

A law professor says the MIQ booking system may be discriminatory, as it is revealed tech-savvy people are able to game the system to increase chances of booking a room.

The company which operates the hot air balloon which crashed near Arrowtown this morning says it is "deeply upset" and has temporarily suspended its commercial operation.

A number of Pike River families and supporters have begun protesting at the site of the mine this morning against the government's decision to close the recovery project.

The government is delaying the start of "return green flights" from NSW, but anyone coming back from the state is now required to spend 14 days in MIQ.

For some people with disabilities, getting a Covid-19 vaccine can be a confronting process - especially if they are hypersensitive to light, noise and crowds.

Immigration New Zealand has confirmed that people who applied for visitor visas to be reunited with their partners have had their applications cancelled.

E. coli has been detected in the drinking water network in Karitane, north of Dunedin.

Queenstown Mayor Jim Bout says his understanding is the hot air balloon was hit by a gust of wind at the point of landing. Eleven people are in hospital.

The vessel with two coronavirus-positive mariners on board is expected to return to NZ early next week, but the port of return is still being finalised.

Hāwera and Taranaki Base hospitals have put restrictions on visitors after becoming overrun with patients suffering winter illnesses and respiratory conditions.

Auckland Council inspectors are being asked to take worker exploitation more seriously after liquor licences were approved for bottle store owners breaching employment laws.

Low-income New Zealanders experienced hunger and isolation during last year's Covid-19 lockdown, but were resourceful and backed the approach to the pandemic, a study has found.

A NZ Post worker in Christchurch says he had to take a day off work after a racist message appeared on his scanner.