The man fled from a new facility for Covid-positive patients in Auckland, sparking a large police response, in a move branded "utterly unacceptable".

While European navigators hugged coastlines during the Middle Ages, Māori purposefully sailed across the vast Pacific Ocean to discover Aotearoa, a new author says.

An Ashburton man has been jailed for nine years on 15 child sex abuse-related charges after his offending came to light in an Australian police investigation.

Sharon Summers went missing late on Tuesday. Her daughter desperately wants her to come home to "tell her how much I love her".

National Party police spokesman Simeon Brown had asked Auditor-General John Ryan to investigate whether the koha was appropriate.

Both of the people who died were in their 20s, police say.

The campaign failed but drivers are unclear what their rights are.

Space is so tight in Diane Rowe’s home that she uses part of her wardrobe as a pantry. But she’s not complaining.

Emergency services are responding to a car and motorbike crash in Waingaro.

It's inevitable some students won't return to school after Auckland's level 4 lockdown ends, principals say.

While there continues to be calls for a quick drop to alert level 2 in the South Island, experts have warned it would be risky to move the South Island to level 2 while the Auckland outbreak was not contained.

Police arrived nine hours after being told of an alleged assault at the central city accommodation in which the victim was allegedly told to clean up his own blood.

The house was “well alight” when five fire crews arrived at the house in Blue Spur, Hokitika, shortly after 3pm.

Wellington's city council has been provided an update on the safety initiative Pōneke Promise, nearly six months after it was launched.

The scale of the harm caused by the storm is beginning to emerge as council officials carry out assessments in the impacted areas of West Auckland.

Kiwi cinemas may be currently off-limits, but that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of terrific flicks coming to a screen near you.

The charity is overflowing into hotels in Wellington and Auckland as it struggles to house families during lockdown.

Many of the region's mountainbike trails were reopened on Thursday, but riders had plenty of room for social distancing.

Prison staff no longer have to isolate after fellow staff member was deemed not to have Covid-19.

The DHB is working with social agencies to get vaccinations to Whanganui's homeless community.