It comes after it was announced NZ will remain at alert level 4 until midnight Friday, while Auckland's lockdown will extend until 11.59pm August 31.

A young woman from Auckland can now buy her first home after winning $11.5 million through Lotto's Powerball.

One mayor said he thought the reforms could be an issue better dealt in a year's time, after the future for local government review.

A witness to a brawl between rival gangs says a gang of skinheads drove into a car with Mongrel Mob members inside.

Parliament will not sit for at least a week, but ministers will appear before select committees, prime minister announces.

The group of six from Whāngārei, some with chronic illnesses, are spending money they can't afford on extended accommodation.

Police have said they are still trying to track down the family of the baby girl found at a recycling centre.

He desperately needed to go to the toilet, so he covered the cameras on his bus for privacy. It cost Jim Harpham his job.

A police investigation is underway after a suspicious death at a residential property in Ōtāhuhu on Sunday night.

Michael Preston killed his ex-wife. Now he wants to stop money going to the person who now has to raise their children.

A lockdown rule breaker displayed “stupidity and arrogance” when he ran red lights, ran over a child’s bike, hurled abuse and crashed into another car, police say.

The police and St John Ambulance were called to a Tripoli Rd address around 7.30pm.

Almost 18 months since the last lockdown, New Zealand children resumed online learning on Monday as schools across the country were closed.

Follow the Delta outbreak back to its origins from a traveller returning from Sydney on August 7.

It is believed one person has died in a serious crash at the intersection of Marshland and Mairehau roads shortly before 7.30pm.

The Crowne Plaza MIQ facility remains under investigation as the potential source of New Zealand's Delta outbreak. But there are a number of fundamentals which officials haven't yet made clear.

An AUT spokeswoman said they are unsure whether three of the students were on campus during their infectious period.

The first group of evacuees from Afghanistan has landed in New Zealand, and a Defence Force Hercules is now heading towards Kabul.

A West Coast council wants to take 25sqm of private land to ensure the tourist hotspot has an adequate water supply.

Kiwis wanting to return to NZ won't be able to book a room for "a few days", the Government has announced.