Helping the Islamic State-linked mother to resettle into the community with her children will bring the best outcome for her and New Zealand, the Islamic Women's Council says.

A man whose remains were found in a amateur grave off the Desert Road was killed because a meth-boss thought he had stolen drugs from their manufacturing ring, the Crown has told a jury.

Taranaki appears to have dodged another Covid-19 bullet, with no cases found after the virus was detected in New Plymouth wastewater.

New Zealanders stuck in New South Wales are anxiously waiting on the government to organise extra return flights.

Residents in Wellington say they're shaken and surprised after a firearms incident in Vogeltown yesterday, which police are investigating.

A jury in the trial of the police killer Eli Epiha will return to the High Court in Auckland tomorrow to continue considering its verdict.

The World Test Cricket Championship trophy is on its way around Aotearoa.

The South Canterbury District Health Board has been found in breach of code for failures in its care of a woman who died two years ago.

Iwi and environmental groups have taken their fight against the controversial dredging of the Rangitoto Channel to court.

There are no new cases of Covid-19 to report in the community or in managed isolation in New Zealand today.

New Zealand is likely to import more coal this year than it has in any other year, in the midst of a government-declared climate emergency.

A jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of police killer Eli Epiha, who shot two officers in Auckland last June, killing Matthew Hunt.

Wellington police are investigating the case of a person found with a gunshot wound in the suburb of Vogeltown yesterday.

Some normality is returning to Westport as schools reopen but life is still far from normal for many locals, a week on from its devastating floods.

Not a single cent has been given out from the government's $23 million loan scheme for earthquake-prone apartment owners - because no one has applied.

Nearly six months after Crown-appointed commissioners took over at Tauranga City Council, local leaders want their stay extended.

Greenhouse gas emissions are a big issue dogging dairy, our export earning powerhouse. Intensification of farming has increased export revenue but also the number of burping cows.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern defends the pace of the vaccine rollout as bookings are due to open to some in group 4, while just 12 percent of group 3 have been fully inoculated.