Chandra Raju will most likely return to India towards the end of the year, even though his visa doesn't end until 2023.

The latest update comes as the country’s first mass vaccination event has its final day in Auckland.

Aotearoa's best bet if Delta were to emerge in the community would be a rapid shift to "alert level 4 on steroids", data modelling expert says.

The good times were over. Jobs were scarce and politicians had to find someone to blame. Labour was muddled. National rolled out racist cartoons.

A burst water main means staff and students will not be allowed onside on Monday.

Another 5600 people are expected to receive the Covid-19 vaccination on Sunday – the final day for New Zealand’s first mass vaccination event.

It might not have superpowers but the mutation this rare tui boasts makes a stunning sight.

Junior Heart, 32, faces new charges of conspiring to murder and possessing explosives taking his list of accusations to 10 pages long.

Jacinda Ardern expressed "sorrow, remorse, and regret" over the Dawn Raids and apologised that they were ever considered appropriate.

Families say they're left with no choice but to quit work and homeschool because there's not enough special needs support in the classroom.

Grieving families’ agonising waits for answers are likely to get worse, despite extra coroners, ministerial briefing papers show.

Before Black Ferns sevens player Gayle Broughton went off to the Tokyo Olympics, she told her nan the next time she came home she’d have a gold medal – and she was right.

Is it camping or resting? Court accepts that a freedom camping fine recipient was resting to avoid driver fatigue and not camping.

Edendale Wyndham Rd has been closed after a single-vehicle crash on Sunday.

Jacinda Ardern says she hopes the apology "helps weave us together as a community" as she acknowledges the harm caused by the raids.

New polls shows Labour's iron grip on power slip somewhat - but not to the benefit of Judith Collins.

'Degrading' current laws force parents into protracted adoption processes. That could change, but some parents say reforms still don't go far enough.

Heather Foote died after being injured at her home last week. Police have finished a scene examination and are piecing together her last movements.

Two people, both in a serious condition, have been flown to Christchurch Hospital, following a crash on State Highway 8.

It had a date with the wrecker's ball, but after a two-year campaign, an earthquake-stricken Christchurch house has a second life as a community hub.