The 36-year-old allegedly left Auckland and travelled to Wellington last week, before allegedly travelling to Wānaka on Tuesday.

Chief Justice Helen Winkelmann has paid tribute to her friend Sir Noel Anderson, a former Supreme Court judge whose judicial career spanned 27 years.

Police linking five instances of robbery where a buyer has been lured to a meet for a Facebook Marketplace trade where instead they're robbed of cash or tech items.

Police and health authorities refuse to give details for call-out, or say whether it is linked to a woman who tested positive for Covid-19 but is yet to be found.

The defence told the Supreme Court the omission of evidence about a letter in the 1993 trial of Peter Ellis misled the jury and helped render its verdicts unsafe.

Man jailed for a 2016 killing, one of 177 prior convictions, aims to be 'an example to younger people' on his release

Twice wrongfully convicted of the murders of Jeannette and Harvey Crewe, the now 83-year-old will face another trial on charges of assault and rape.

Apartments up to 12 storeys high are part of a major council plan to tackle the Wellington's growing housing crisis.

The inmates were moved to Arohata on Wednesday. Seven were due to take part in a drug treatment programme at the prison.

Two people who were seriously injured was to be airlifted to Christchurch Hospital, while the road has since reopened.

A burglar broke into a car repair workshop through a toilet skylight, then used a sledgehammer to break into a safe and steal thousands of dollars.

A 54-year-old man allegedly assaulted a police officer who was trying to arrest him for driving dangerously in a car he shouldn’t have had.

The family living in the Timaru home had only recently moved to the district, and the community has been rallying to support them.

Steve Askin died fighting the Port Hills fires in 2017. Now, a subdivison developer wants to name a street after him.

Outbreak no longer a “small number of clusters in a small geographical area”, and all of Auckland will have to play its part, Deputy PM says.

Plans include 200km of recreational trails for walking and cycling, linking Martinborough, Featherston, Greytown, Carterton and Masterton.

Vaccination clinics are focusing on industrial and trade workers as health authorities ramp up efforts to get the “hard to reach” on board.

A 24 hour convenience store - Night 'n Day - at Gull petrol station in Kingsland was visited by a Covid case on October 13 between 6.45am and 8.15am.

The Māori covid vaccination rate has increased in South Taranaki after iwi took matters into their own hand

The building will have a community cafe, a social supermarket, and 35 housing units to accommodate people experiencing chronic homelessness.