Pressure is mounting on authorities to explain why flip-flopping health advice was given to workers who spent time on board the Rio de La Plata container ship.

Cycling New Zealand says it is deeply saddened by the death of Rio Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore, but denies it failed her.

Waitaki District Council has introduced a Labour weekend booze ban for a South Island campground, well known for its drunken teenage parties.

Residents plunged into darkness last night when power generators were deliberately shut to manage record electricity demand have expressed anger and surprise at the decision.

Marc England has rejected claims New Zealand had enough power to handle the unprecedented demand of last night, but that commercial decisions had prevented it.

Three people were taken into custody, and a firearm and ammunition were recovered.

Police were called to a car crash last night involving an overloaded car with one person in the boot, just days after a fatal crash killed five teenagers.

A person is in a serious condition after being shot in the south Auckland suburb of Flat Bush.

The Rio de la Plata container ship will not be granted permission to dock in Napier until all crew onboard the vessel have had negative results for Covid-19.

There are three new cases of Covid-19 in managed isolation and quarantine facilities today, the Ministry of Health says, with no new cases in the community.

A landmark report on climate change was released yesterday - here's what it means for Aotearoa and how the country should respond.

A man who admitted punching the head of a young MMA fighter who later died in hospital has been sentenced to six months' home detention, which the victim's friend likens to a Covid restriction, not justice.

The Covid-19 Response Minister says it is unclear what advice officials were working on when they allowed a ship with Covid-19 infected crew members to dock.

Following the first mass vaccination event in Manukau, Covid-19 vaccination operations group manager Astrid Koornneef says nothing of similar scale is planned for the South Island.

Transpower says power supply this morning remains tight but it is hopeful it will not need to ask lines companies to again reduce their load.

For the first time, the country has a net gain of 16,000 New Zealand citizens, according to new research published by the Helen Clark Foundation.

The police watchdog has found the force officers used to pull a young person out of a stolen car following a chase was unjustified.

New Zealanders are driving bigger cars, travelling greater distances, and emitting more carbon dioxide as they go.