Mercer residents at the site of a crucial border hope “common sense will prevail” as police set up checkpoints to try to stop Covid-19 spreading.

The two sports stars have been fined for their Covid bubble breaches, but now a health board is investigating the involvement of a nurse at a level 4 gathering.

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A judge has refused the urgent plea of six Afghans to have their long-stalled applications for visas to enter New Zealand granted.

Taranaki mayors have agreed to continue to truck the region’s waste 180 kilometres away, which will save $7 million over 35 years, rather than open a local landfill.

The Australians might be motivated by the off-field argy-bargy, but the All Blacks No 10 says the All Blacks have a different driver.

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A woman left a property sold for $4.5m to her grandchildren. But her son took the matter to court, claiming his share of the estate had been reduced.

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Waikato district mayor Allan Sanson's biggest fears realised as Covid-19 crosses the border into north Waikato.

Efforts to herd a pod of seven orca out of a shallow estuary by boat have been abandoned, with the pod no closer to leaving their harbour playground.

Retailers, food and drink outlets, manufacturers, construction companies and other businesses are ready for (contactless) cash registers to start ringing.

An estimated 375 people were left behind in Afghanistan when the Government stopped evacuation flights, and a “second phase” of the evacuation effort is far from beginning.

The Southern District Health Board is reporting that 60 per cent of Southland and Otago residents have now received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as it introduced new visitor guidelines for hospitals.

The Southern District Health Board will now offer at-home Covid-19 vaccinations, where needed, after an elderly, house-bound couple's six-week struggle to get a jab.

Officials are warning that although the new rules are less harsh than under level 4, it isn’t a return to normal visiting arrangements.

A woman tried desperately to pull her dog off a police dog before it was shot by police, after becoming aggressive during another man's arrest.

Nathan Benfell sometimes wakes at 4am thinking of ideas for his struggling bed and breakfast business.

NZ Rugby says it could be in a position to resume competitions in some areas, but not others, when alert levels change.