The former finance minister was from a working class English background but climbed to the top echelons of academia and government.

The personal information of 11 people may have been compromised in the attack.

Melissa Vining says many changes her husband fought for before his death from bowel cancer in 2019 have “sadly” not yet been achieved.

Derek Hooker spent day two of lockdown burying 11 of his family's pets and pushing for action from authorities.

The South Island lockdown extension has received widespread support, but questions are being asked about why level 4 was initially set for only three days.

Kyle Chapman, once the leader of the National Front, will spend the weekend in custody after allegedly being at an anti-lockdown protest in Christchurch.

What will it take to get the South Island out of Covid lockdown?

New footage shows the final moments of a fire damaged fishing trawler off Otago's coast.

An Australian judge has been told that the 84-year-old's fall from grace has been radical but the onset of dementia means he did not appreciate how serious the offending was.

“She has no name and no-one to mourn and bury her,” Auckland detective says as he issues renewed bid to find the baby's mother.

The Ministry of Health has released its first Wellington location of interest - a Porirua sushi shop.

The locations include a supermarket, a pharmacy, a bar, and several restaurants.

There are more than 180 locations of interest across Auckland, the Coromandel and Wellington. Here's the full list.

Hundreds of people - including one who later tested positive for Covid-19 - attended the awards dinner hosted at Auckland’s Spark Arena.

Three Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in the capital, but there was a long wait to find out where they had been.

Johnsonville's Countdown has been listed among a number of shops visited by Covid cases in Wellington, while in Auckland a case has been linked to a large awards dinner at Spark Arena.

Countdown says it's "doing the best we can" as some stores close temporarily due to lack of staff after potential virus exposure.

Four Kiwi soldiers are on the ground. But it's another country that's assisted the first New Zealand family to escape.

Wearing a face covering is not only about protecting yourself, but about protecting others - especially those more vulnerable, public figures say.

Dr Siouxie Wiles says long stretch without Covid-19 and spike in illnesses like RSV likely contributed to people not getting tested.