Event industry leaders have called on the Government to provide more clarity on what the new alert level 2 rules mean for events, crowds and venues.

Two people have won $500,000 each on Wednesday night, but Powerball has rolled over, with $26m up for grabs on Saturday.

Wind turbines on the Tararua Range have been stopped after one of them burst into flames.

A staff member at Raglan’s Aroha Sushi has tested positive for Covid-19 after an infectious person visited the store on Friday.

Jemima Gazley is 15 and living with terminal brain cancer. But her generosity in tough times is winning over the public and big corporates.

She offered him help, but he responded by kidnapping, raping and strangling her.

The Auckland-based essential worker returned a weak positive result in Northland.

A black Nissan was seen driving erratically before the crash in which one person died and another was injured.

The Government is making a major push to get the public vaccinated against Covid-19 in the next week-and-a-half.

The Waipareira Trust is keen to contact Māori who are yet to be vaccinated, but can't get the information it needs from the Ministry of Health.

There are 39 new cases of Covid-19 in the Delta community outbreak in Auckland and Waikato.

Vaccinating — the sooner, the better — is the only way to cope with the spread of the Covid Delta variant in Waikato, according to two experts

Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard has set out a pathway for MPs returning to Wellington, involving Covid-19 tests and five days of self-isolation.

Six weeks between jabs had been recommended, but vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris says moving to three weeks is sensible and still effective.

Taranaki Māori say they have lost confidence in the region's health bosses over Covid-19 vaccinations.

Ngāti Toa will build at least 450 houses, adding to those already finished, with the intention most of the houses will be owned by iwi members.

The man was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, shoplifting and resisting police.

For the first time since signing an exclusive development deal six years ago, the Crown will offer some of the land in Christchurch’s east frame to other developers.

Southland Hospital’s maternity unit may be downgraded because its clinical director can't get back into New Zealand, despite two applications for an emergency MIQ spot and an explanation from the DHB boss about why his job is critical.

Locations in Hamilton, Raglan and Auckland are among the latest visited by people with Covid-19, according to the Ministry of Health.