A week after he disappeared, police still don't know what happened to Wayne Hammond.

Child poverty campaigners say $272m funding injection is a start, but it's not enough, with one group saying it shows the Govt is "out of touch".

The Labour Party has once again give the Caucus the first - but not necessarily the last - opportunity to elect its own leader.

They're New Zealand's "modern day slaves", and you'll find them at a bottle shop, pizza parlour, restaurant or orchard near you.

Akiko Ota spent much of her later life building a better relationship between Japan and New Zealand.

Universities are forcing students to sit exams before the unblinking eye of their webcam, while AI systems and invigilators on the other side of the world watch for "suspicious behaviour".

Chained by the neck to the gates of a Taranaki Fonterra factory, a group of protestors disrupted the flow of tankers on Saturday.

The New Year's Eve plans of 20,000 people depend on vaccination rates in the region ramping up.

Bill Butzbach worked behind the scenes on the attempted dismissal of the woman who laid complaint of sexual assault against him, days before he stepped up as head of the organisation that advocates for volunteer firefighters' rights.

BioCell can now mass-produce RNA on a scale never before seen in NZ to take on the "urgent global problem" of Covid-19.

The hole under the library is the size of two cars, but the mystery of how it developed may never be solved.

The winning ticket was purchased at Pain & Kershaw in Martinborough, while the $5 million Powerball draw has rolled over to Wednesday night.

Police are investigating a fight that happened in Lower Hutt on Saturday afternoon.

A slow start to testing and vaccinations in the Taranaki town where Covid-19 was found in the wastewater saw an iwi get innovative on Saturday.

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A mosque became a vaccination clinic on Saturday for members who did not have great English, or anyone who wanted somewhere accessible.

Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Rotorua could be in for heavy rain, leading to flooding around rivers and streams, MetService says.

A positive case visited Chemist Warehouse in Te Rapa on Sunday October 31.

Cantabrian Michael Vink has won a third SBS Bank Tour of Southland after a fast-paced finish into Invercargill’s Gala St on Saturday afternoon.

As daily Covid-19 cases hits an all-time high, PM Jacinda Ardern says this is 'right bang' in the middle of the Government's modelling.