The airline will gradually move to more fuel-efficient Dreamliners for all its long-haul flying.

Wet weather in Auckland “does not help” while the region is stuck in alert level 4 but it does not need to be the end of wellbeing activity.

The 27-year-old, who was charged in relation to the death in Rotorua on Sunday, was granted interim name suppression.

Even top politicians are not immune to the perils of online video calls while working from home with young children, as minister Carmel Sepuloni discovered.

Public transport use is down to less than 5 per cent, and councils want state help.

The stage is half-built, the models fitted for their garments, and rehearsals underway, but organisers are now having to find a new date for the show.

Applications for NZ residence visas on hold while crisis deepens so court case was only option, community law group says.

53 new Covid cases were reported on Monday ahead of a decision on alert levels.

The pursuit began in south Auckland's Papatoetoe and came to an end in West Auckland's Henderson.

It's not the first time a gastropub owner has experienced a burglary, but this one during lockdown is "the worst".

She lives in New Zealand. Her husband is hiding from the Taliban in Afghanistan. She has no idea if she will see him again.

She remains in a critical condition in intensive care after she was rescued from the blaze just after midday on Monday.

Kura, schools and early learning services are open for Years 0-10 if their parents or carers need to work, and there is no alternative person who can supervise them.

Disruptions to food deliveries are likely after two staff members tested positive and other staff have gone into isolation.

Home meals company Hello Fresh says two staff have tested positive for Covid-19. Meanwhile, hospitality and tourism businesses say they won't be viable after two more weeks at level 4.

The young trainer, described as part of the future of harness racing, has blotted his copybook, after two of his horses tested positive for prohibited drugs.

A new clinic aims to help break down barriers stopping Māori, Pasifika and other vulnerable communities getting their Covid-19 jab.

The Covid-19 vaccine roll-out may need to be scaled back by 150,000 doses a week compared to last week, but the PM says the country isn't running out.

“It is appalling that someone should be attacked while doing their job as an essential worker,” Auckland's mayor Phil Goff says.

Behind closed doors business owners and staff are eagerly setting up for contactless deliveries and pick-ups.