A woman allegedly killed her three young daughters at their home in Timaru - just weeks after the family moved to NZ from South Africa.

The Chadwicks are living in expensive temporary accommodation while holding out hope they can secure a spot in MIQ on Monday in order to begin their new life in Wellington.

Almost a third of homes sold in Hamilton during August fetched a seven-figure price.

The app, called Eke Tangaroa, provided guidance for pōwhiri, mihimihi and pēpeha, the police’s haka, as well as waiata and karakia and pronunciation help.

Talking to everyone caught up in the scandal, this makes for terrific viewing.

REVIEW: Shot with raw intensity and potentially chilling realism, it showed how quickly things could all go to hell in a handbasket if panic set in.

How Ali and Malcolm X became mates and the still disputed nature of their falling out is a fantastic prism through which to view American history.

The impressive US spin-off of Taika and Jemaine's hit mockumentary is back, while the former also has a hand in a bittersweet, new coming-of-age tale.

“The news that we got today that Australia is part of [the MIQ release] isn’t really great news, it isn't really changing anything," said Ashwin Naidu, a Kiwi living in Melbourne.

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A supermarket in south Auckland and a Tauranga gas station are the latest to be added to the Ministry of Health's list.

It's top versus bottom in the premiership as the Mooloos take on the red and blacks in Hamilton.

Cost over-runs hinted at after stakeholders meeting over the Theatre Royal and Heritage centre development.

Businesses are already legally required to keep the information from paper contact tracing safe.

Midwives and district health boards have broken a months-long deadlock on staffing conditions and pay rates.

With masks "strongly" encouraged in secondary schools - Porirua College received more than 2000 N95 face masks from Rotary, as the organisation launches a campaign to give a million masks to people across the country.

Southland and Otago residents are among the most vaccinated populations in New Zealand with 77 per cent having received their first dose and 40.09 per cent fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

The ILT expect its new hotel will cost 'hundreds of thousands' more than expected, but the man behind the city's major CBD development says it is too early to know what Covid-19 means for its overall budget.

Auckland councillor Efeso Collins says another round of Covid-19 induced budget cuts by the council will have a massive impact on south Auckland.

In the wake of Olivia Podmore's death, top QC will re-examine steps taken by cycling officials.