There's a new slice of Scandi-noir from the creator of The Killing, while an impressive acting ensemble have been assembled for a Welsh whodunnit.

A spokesman for the popular Mt Hutt ski field has confirmed a man died while skiing on an intermediate groomed trail on Sunday.

Locations span Auckland, Hamilton, Raglan and now Ngatea, after a person who moved from Auckland to the Bay of Plenty town tested positive for Covid-19.

Teenager stars as New Zealand come from behind to score a 58-47 victory in the first game of the three-match series.

The first weekend of Inglewood’s newest attraction was in full swing, with hundreds of mini-putters taking to the faux green.

Police were called to a multi-car crash in Windsor Park, in Auckland's Mairangi Bay, around 3pm Sunday afternoon.

World champions pull clear in the final quarter to take the opening game of the three-match series in Wellington.

The clinics were held at the TSB Stadium in New Plymouth on Friday and Saturday, and at the TSB Hub in Hāwera on Sunday.

While the rise was expected, every unlinked case will lead to even more cases, and increase chances of people falling seriously ill or potentially dying.

More than 100 volunteers hit the streets of New Brighton on Sunday collecting rubbish, washing windows, removing graffiti and repainting lamp posts, fences and chairs.

With the Southland Stags leading Manawatu 20-6 on a sunny Sunday afternoon at Rugby Park in Invercargill life was good for the southern faithful. But that quickly changed.

The fact NZ is planning cuts of only a third of the 30 per cent target is apparently no barrier.

Poppy Coleman emulated her sister Charlotte as a winning Springston Trophy rider when the Kaiapoi Black team won the prestigious event on Sunday.

Fiji Airways is returning to NZ, but travellers will need to be fully vaccinated and have an MIQ spot booked for their return.

The Wyndham A&P Show on December 4 has been cancelled due uncertainty with future Covid-19 alert levels.

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Rebecca once owned a home where she lived with her husband and two children. But when her marriage ended, she gradually spiralled down into homelessness.

It was a disaster first South Island final for one Gisborne competitor at the Waimate Spring Shears on Saturday.

Waikato is getting its own quarantine facility, while anxiety and anger rises in Northland.

Of the new cases, 56 are in Auckland, three in Waikato and one in the Bay of Plenty.