The future of council-owned housing in Napier is in limbo, as the city grapples with one of the worst social housing crises in the country.

A man who was shot by police at a busy Auckland intersection this morning was threatening a member of the public with a firearm when police took action.

A portable pool is being brought on site to hold orphan orca Toa - as an incoming storm looks set to make sea conditions too rough.

Opinion - Women are more visible in the world's news than ever before - but they're still far from achieving parity with men, and this has deeper implications for society Associate Professor Susan Fountaine writes.

A police officer was injured when he fell and hit his head during the incident in Hamilton last night where a man was fatally shot.

Police were developing a high-tech tool to predict motorists' likelihood of getting into serious trouble, according to its first report on safe use of computer algorithms.

The latest quarterly figures from the Ministry of Social Development show there are about 11,000 fewer people receiving a benefit, compared to the previous quarter.

The colleague of slain police officer Matthew Hunt has recounted a "surreal moment" he shared with the gunman - before what felt like an explosion of acid in his hip, as he was shot.

There are no new cases of the coronavirus in the community and five in managed isolation and quarantine facilities.

Ministry of Health staff were as perplexed by a graph unveiled by Chris Hipkins as the public were, documents show.

Mental wellbeing support is being rolled out to five South Island communities hit hard by the loss of international tourists.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed 16 of the 18 crew on the Spanish-flagged shipping vessel Playa Zahara have tested positive for Covid-19.

Frost pleaded guilty to the killings that took place in Taranaki earlier this year.

New Zealanders worried by a potential travel pause with Victoria are being told to return now, according to Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins.

The police have arrested and removed three protesters from the Kennedy Point development on Waiheke Island.

Auckland scientists intend to give advanced-stage cancer patients micro-doses of the psychedelic drug LSD.

Hard on the heels of the Auckland mass vaccination plan, family doctors in Wellington and around the country also plan to step up their Covid-19 plans.

Police say they were confronted by an armed man and shots were fired by both officers and the man.