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

Clarke Gayford discovers trains on trucks turn heads, but will the buyers of this 1960s rail carriage keep that seriously cool graffiti?

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.

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

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.

The mare, who finished ninth, was reportedly galloped on. The other 22 runners have come through the race safely.

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.

More than 17,000 people tried to opt for the summer rooms in MIQ for December, January and February. The virtual lobby booked out in under two hours again.

The deportees, the first to arrive in NZ in several months due to travel restrictions, will complete their isolation at an Auckland hotel.

When an Invercargill methamphetamine dealer was arrested, police found a .22 pump action rifle with a bullet in the chamber under his couch cushion.

Black Caps opener seeing it well in the Plunket Shield a little over three weeks out from the first test in India.

The increase is the biggest seen yet but is being described as a "mini-bounce", with the market expected to cool.

There is nothing to be gained from alienating the unvaccinated, says health provider.

The High Court has given the Ministry of Health three days to hand over the details of Māori who are unvaccinated against Covid-19 to Whānau Ora.