Garner says he left The AM Show because he was "starting to get on the road to being wrecked". Now he's joining MediaWorks' new talk radio brand.

Some areas of the district received more than 200mm of rain in 24 hours, but MetService says the heavy rain has eased.

The magnitude 3.3 quake hit the city at 8:55pm on Thursday night.

A senior lawyer has been appointed to investigate allegations of bullying and harassment at the New Zealand Broadcasting School.

To get visitors and staff out of their cars, Capital & Coast DHB will spend millions on a carpooling app, bike storage and improving the shuttle to Kenepuru in Porirua. It's also putting up staff parking fees.

Arahoe School in New Lynn will not open on Friday. "It is what it is," says the principal.

West Coast leaders are getting behind a new campaign to boost vaccination rates in the area, which lag behind the rest of the South Island.

But the Crown says a special "humanitarian circumstances" visa did not apply to two Afghans challenging New Zealand immigration rules and their application.

Divisive government is uniting some disparate communities in frustration, ACT leader says

Police seized three kilograms of the drug and $40,000 in cash in raids across Christchurch earlier this week.

Sent off against Wellington on Sunday, promising Otago loosie has now been handed three game ban.

Strong market conditions saw the South Taranaki District Council’s (STDC) Long Term Investment Fund (LTIF) earn almost $20 million in the 2020/21 financial year.

Give a fig about the duck and serve up this feast.

There are 331 locations linked to the Covid-19 outbreak across Auckland, Christchurch, Waikato and Northland.

Steel distribution company Vulcan Steel rose on its first day of trading, bucking a down market.

One of the last stretches of unsealed state highway in the country is now a step closer to being smothered in tarmac.

Negative wastewater results and no new Covid-19 cases in Christchurch suggest the virus is no longer on the island, epidemiologists say.

A Southland medical centre has done a U-turn on upping its consultation fee for patients who are unvaccinated against Covid-19.

Nurse, fashionista, and now a film actress - Barbara Brinsley, 82, has done it all.

Queenstown Lakes mayor Jim Boult is furious children are still being forced to stand on school buses - and has written to the prime minister about it.