OPINION: It looks like that the winds of change are starting to blow in the supermarket sector. If done right it could well put some dollars back into consumers’ pockets.

A spokeswoman for the Northland District Health Board said she was made aware of the case this morning.

The meeting may be the world's "last, best hope", but there was more resignation than hope on display on opening day.

Nik Tzanev has been left out of the 21-strong for the November international window, while two players have received their first senior callups.

When Peeni Henare visited last month, only half of Taranaki Māori had received the first dose of the vaccine, with just under a quarter – 24 per cent – having had the second.

The end of one of New Zealand's most well-known roundabouts is a prominent feature of proposed plans to reshape Wellington's transport network.

The world’s greatest surrealist artists attracted nearly 75,000 people to Te Papa despite a nationwide lockdown closing the exhibition for a month.

Covid-19 has been detected in wastewater samples taken in the southern and eastern parts of Christchurch.

A man charged with murdering a toddler in 2015 died before he went to trial. His side of the story can now be revealed.

A Southland based education programme manager and the New Zealand Shearing Contractors Association vice president are among more than 60 New Zealanders named as Women of Influence Awards finalists.

REVIEW: Boasting plot holes the size of Texas, this expensive disaster completely wastes Salma Hayek and has the Fresh Prince playing the straight man.

Almost 50 firefighters tackled the blaze, which destroyed the roofs of two buildings and sent a huge plume of acrid smoke across the city.

Former Oscar winner Adrien Brody returns to the spotlight in a Stephen King tale, while Ava DuVernay takes a look at the early life of an NFL star.

A Levin man has been told MIQ did nothing wrong in regard to his dirty managed isolation stay earlier this year.

Players and staff from two of the country's professional sporting franchises hopped on a charter flight bound for Sydney on Monday.

Grady Webb has taken a more interesting path than most people before deciding to study at UCOL.

Opening pair put on an unbroken 223 against an international strength attack as runs continued to flow at University Oval.

Comedian Jack Ansett started his stand-up career as a Christchurch schoolboy, and has now been nominated for the prestigious Billy T Award at the age of 23.

From a doco on domino-toppling to a horror set in Britain's "video nasty" era and Belgium's answer to Dumb and Dumber, some wacky tales will screen.

Councillor and former ousted chair Marian Hobbs has resigned from the Otago Regional Council, but is keeping mum about her reasons.