The Prime Minister confirms deal with Spain for more vaccine, nurses horrified by visitor numbers at Auckland hospitals and a Māori leader calls for new approach to get rangatahi vaccinated.

Bergen Graham had been trying to get home to New Zealand from El Salvador via the United States.

The LynnMall Countdown is likely to reopen tomorrow with increased security measures - a week after the terror attack which left seven people injured.

More than half a million children returned to classrooms today as schools outside of Auckland reopened.

Auckland District Health Board has been accused of putting vulnerable patients and a stretched workforce at risk with lenient rules for visitors during lockdown.

Former Conservative Party leader Colin Craig has lost his 10-year legal battle against a press secretary he sexually harassed.

South Korean researchers say they have developed an artificial skin-like material, inspired by natural biology, that can quickly adjust its hues like a chameleon to match its surroundings.

New daily Covid-19 community case numbers have dropped again to 13 today, all in Auckland.

The Hastings community is on a mission to get rough sleepers vaccinated against Covid-19.

The 868 cases related to the Delta outbreak in Auckland include 121 children under the age of nine, who can not get vaccinated. Follow all of today's Covid-19 developments with RNZ's live blog.

The LynnMall terrorist yelled at prison guards that he was being detained for terrorism and that he would remember them and hunt them down, according to documents released this afternoon.

The driver crashed their car after evading police in New Plymouth last night.

Two people are in Waikato Hospital following a light plane crash at Tokoroa Airfield this afternoon.

New Zealand used more than one million tonnes of coal in just the first half of this year, more than any full year since 2012, as low hydrolake levels and gas shortages continued through the quarter.

The Wellington City Council says the area has seen an increase in pedestrians and cyclists exercising along the coastline since the beginning of lockdown.

Shirley Warrington had been missing since early July.

A Whangārei murderer who struck his partner more than 100 times has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Severe northwest gales and heavy rains are expected today and tomorrow, with gusts up to 140km/h and 160mm rain predicted for Canterbury.