The Police Association president told the police minister officers felt “frustrated and very angry” they had been “taken for granted”.

Tai Tokerau border controls are back as iwi do their best to keep Covid-19 out of the region while the contact of a case still hasn't been found.

After competing in four Olympic Games and finally taking home the single sculler gold from Tokyo, Twigg and her wife are enjoying some downtime together.

Free of the drug for a year, a recovering addict is travelling the country to spread awareness on its crippling effects - with thousands following along virtually.

Painter Sirpa Alalääkkölä says artists should be worried after she was told copyright on her art potentially worth millions must be shared with her ex-husband.

The Wizard of New Zealand has been on the public payroll since 1998, earning a total of $368,000. Now he says he has been cancelled.

A woman accused of murder carried out the alleged killing weeks before police found the body, court documents say.

The intersection of Brenton Place and Kepa Rd is closed while police conduct a scene examination.

He broke windows, punched walls and strangled her, but she had to pay for the damage. It's "totally unfair", Women's Refuge says.

Man asks how increases can be justified while organisation receives extra funding due to Covid.

Players in Auckland, New Plymouth, Whanagnui and Otago have all taken home at least $250,000 tonight, while Powerball hits $30m.

A person moving between Auckland and the Bay of Plenty has tested positive, with officials now looking at extra vaccine clinics.

Mohammad Murad worked on a Defence Force base in Afghanistan. The Taliban likely killed him for that.

Pukekohe and Massey Countdown supermarkets as well as Manukau Pak' Save and Papatoetoe New World added to the list.

A Hawke’s Bay gang member breached the Covid-19 checkpoint north of Taranaki on Saturday, leading to a police chase which ended in a crash.

Jonathan Coppard is trying to live car-free and moving homes with some hefty furniture did not take him off course.

A Christchurch fish shop is doing its part to try and lift rates in some of the least vaccinated suburbs in the country.

The Covid-19 case count has grown by 34 - 31 in the Auckland community and three in Waikato - while police continue to search for a close contact of a Northland case.

Money off a new home, a discounted skydive and free groceries are among things businesses are offering to people who get vaccinated.

There are 34 new Covid-19 community cases to report on Saturday – and Covid has been detected in Palmerston North wastewater.