After 53 days of surveillance and rising concern within Government, the terrorist appeared to be planning a normal day. It was 60 seconds after the first stabbing before the police heard anything.

Four women and three men were injured in the Countdown New Lynn terror attack, which saw the attacker shot dead by police.

OPINION: As a Sri Lankan, I felt shame, fury and sadness when I heard one of my countrymen was behind a mass stabbing at a supermarket, writes Brannavan Gnanalingam.

A lawyer for the man who stabbed seven people at a Countdown supermarket says his client's family is in shock and grieving.

Powerball wasn't struck and will roll over for an $8m draw on Wednesday.

The total number of locations of interest have dropped to 148 but multiple visits to supermarkets and dairies in Auckland have been added.

REVIEW: This show achieves the seemingly impossible double-whammy of successfuly adaptating a movie and transplanting an overseas conceit to America.

New All Blacks skipper says he's tried to take the extra responsibilities in his stride during this week in Perth.

REVIEW: Those of a certain age might notice some similarities to 2004’s Ella Enchanted, but this has a swagger and spring in its step all of its own.

There are 20 new community cases, all in Auckland, while a woman in her 90s has died of Covid-19 in hospital. The woman had underlying health conditions.

State Highway 3 heading out of New Plymouth is now clear after an overturned trailer of logs partially blocked it for an hour.

The woman was winched up after injuring herself at a popular Wellington recreation spot.

Artists including Che Fu and Six60 have re-released their hits, in te reo Māori.

Scott Martlew runs out of steam after scraping through to the final just 90 minutes earlier.

NZ Post had about 80,000 parcels in storage at the start of this week, although that has now shrunk to about 62,000 as businesses re-open under alert level 3.

Canterbury's Muslim association is fundraising for the victims of the New Lynn terror attack.

Organised crime groups have used last year's lockdown to better prepare for life under Covid-19 restrictions and keep drugs moving.

South Canterbury's first drive-through Covid-19 vaccination clinic delivered 125 doses in three hours on Saturday.

Early settlers stripped Christchurch of its bush, taking many species with it. Ecologists now say a change of perspective could bring them back.

William Duignan and Andrew Paterson were meant to get married in April 2020. But lockdown got in the way.