Police have arrested nine people and seized drugs and firearms following a major three-day operation in the town.

Former Ngāi Tahu chairman Tā Mark Solomon and his family and friends invested millions in a company now being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office.

"I couldn’t remember where we’d bought our ticket that week," the daughter said after learning she had won the Powerball draw at the weekend.

An 8-year-old girl and her 5-year-old sister ran a kilometre to their mum’s workplace after witnessing their father being killed while felling a tree for firewood.

Jacinda Ardern paused a press conference for a few minutes after an unexpected interruption.

Fang Sun can now be named as the man who is alleged to have killed Auckland businesswoman Elizabeth Zhong at her Sunnyhills home in November last year.

Website for the group behind nationwide anti-lockdown protests is registered to Brian Tamaki’s assistant, who denies Destiny Church is making profit from the merchandise on sale.

O'Rourke is facing charges after the car he was driving and a motorcycle collided as he drove a bride to her wedding.

A ministerial appointee's post on LinkedIn compared top New Zealand public health experts to "Dr Mengele".

Armed police responded to the incident after a fight broke out at the flats in Strathmore.

Paul Craig Thompson, 57, who was arrested alongside Brian Tamaki last month, is now banned from going to Auckland Domain without court permission.

MetService has issued a heavy rain warning for Gisborne from midnight Tuesday, with strong winds forecast for eastern areas of the North Island.

He was reportedly shot at a property on Coventry St in the suburb of Highbury.

Taranaki iwi have received a welcome funding boost for their efforts to raise Māori vaccination rates as figures show their work is paying off.

Melanie Lynskey plays a former teenage football superstar, Dexter is back and two former Anchorman stars reunite in shows headed our way this month.

Northland business leader hopes the area's isolation and low population density will work in its favour and keep lockdown short.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins made the impromptu announcement on Tuesday evening after two new cases in the region couldn't be linked.

Prime minister says lack of urgency is holding Northlanders back from getting the Covid-19 jab, as the top of the region prepares to go into level 3.

After fire destroyed filters at the Christchurch plant, engineers are working out the best way to treat wastewater before it reaches the ocean.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she will now visit Auckland, after Speaker Trevor Mallard relented on his stringent Covid-19 rules for MPs at Parliament.