Thomas Phillips has been charged with wasting police time and resources, but his brother says the family isn't too worried.

Roads have reopened, but meteorologists warn there is more to come, with a king tide expected to bring more swells later on Wednesday.

A 16-year-old accused of killing a teenager at a party and seriously injuring two others has lost a name suppression bid, but still cannot be named.

Classmates of a female student exposed a secret tryst that resulted in a male teacher having his teacher registration cancelled.

The south Auckland woman has been charged with breaching the Covid-19 Act after being arrested in Horowhenua.

Grant Beck argued he should have been given home detention after being caught drink-driving and speeding while on bail for his seventh drink-driving offence.

Liam Ranby was always thinking of others, and his donated organs are now helping nine people after his death, grieving mum says.

Jacinda Ardern's Govt proposes looser emissions targets in the early years, compared to an expert report, but says it will catch up later.

Police are investigating after the doors of several stores at Geraldine's Four Peaks Plaza were damaged, with one store broken into and $4 taken from the till.

In the two weeks leading up to her death 15-year-old Jemima Gazley raised more than $550,000 for cancer research. Her supporters say she has "touched the hearts of thousands of ordinary Kiwis".

A year after Countdown limited sales of paracetamol to one pack per person, it does the same with ibuprofen.

Rotorua police are trying to find and speak to the people in a dark-coloured station wagon that was around Te Ngae Rd around the time of the crash.

Saturday's national day of action for Covid-19 vaccination aims to boost jab rates across the country. Here is all the info you need.

Chris Hipkins dismisses suggestions of a "circuit-breaker" lockdown, but warns of "significant growth" in Covid-19 cases to come.

Seven lucky Lotto players split first division Wednesday, each winning $142,857. But with the Powerball not struck, a huge draw awaits this Saturday.

It was hard handing over the keys to the well-travelled 1997 Mazda Bounty, with 437,000 kilometres on the clock, but he's pleased $3400 is going to charity.

Medsafe is yet to approve vaccinations for those aged 5 to 11, but such a move could be on the cards in the coming months.

There have been encouraging gains in first and second doses of the vaccine. But there remain gaps of up to 20 percentage points between nearby suburbs.

A stop work meeting which would have seen Canterbury’s buses out of action next Monday morning has been called off after a new pay deal.

Lara Markstein’s tale Good Men, about “the harshness of growing up in conservative, patriarchal communities”, has won this year's Sargeson Prize.