Ricky Wang was killed over concerns he either botched a meth cook or stole ingredients to make his own drugs, court is told.

Police are investigating the circumstances of the incident that left a woman with a life-threatening injury on Sunday afternoon.

Lawyer says woman who travelled to Syria to join Isis wants her two children to have "an opportunity at living here and integrating".

Director's sacking was justified but the way he was treated in the lead up to it was not, authority rules.

Fourteen-year-old Willow Stone has died after she was seriously injured while she was riding her bicycle and collided with a van last Thursday.

Tens of thousands of Kiwis in group 3 waiting for Covid-19 vaccine invites called the Govt's new 0800 number for help in three days.

A Wellington man has pleaded guilty to bigamy and fraud charges.

Workers told Fire and Emergency staff they found car parts and tyres ablaze when they returned from lunch.

More will be done to spruce up Lyttelton before the SailGP yacht races due to concerns about boy racers and the condition of roads and amenities.

Armed police search Palmerston North suburb for man, triggering security protocols.

Jarrin Webster died unexpectedly from a medical event in Sydney. Now his family, who are trying to bring him home, are trapped in lockdown until August 3.

Zion King was accused for nearly two years before Crown accepted its evidence was 'unsafe'.

A Wellington woman speaks of trauma of her experiences in mental health units over three decades.

An Australian couple who planned to spend a four-day holiday skiing in Queenstown are instead spending 14 days in a managed isolation hotel room.

Kiwis flying home from Australia say they are relieved to be back, while others stranded in Sydney are pleading to be allowed home.

A shortage of tradies and materials will hamper efforts to get residents back in their flood-damaged homes, Buller's mayor says.

Signs of very hot gases have driven up the alert level, though what is causing the increased activity is uncertain.

The 16 Filipino and Ukrainian crew members quarantining aboard the Mattina in Bluff after testing positive for Covid-19 are in good spirits, a spokesperson for the owner says.

The heartbreak of infant and pregnancy loss is blossoming into a Maternity Memory Garden at Southland Hospital for families who have experienced pregnancy and infant loss.

Anne Scott, an academic with bi-polar and spiritualist beliefs, was wrongly sacked over concerns about her mental wellness.