Shelley Grierson flew from England to New Zealand after hearing her sister had “days to weeks at most”. Now she is battling to get out of managed isolation to see her sister before it is too late.

Videos by doctor Samantha Bailey are being investigated by the Medical Council over their Covid content but she wants a court to stop it in its tracks.

Two women have been charged in connection with the death of 5-year-old Malachi Subecz.

Get ready to look up, Aotearoa's sky is set to turn a dazzling red for a near-total lunar eclipse on Friday, dubbed a 'blood micromoon'.

A 47-year-old woman was arrested on Tuesday night after allegedly disposing of evidence to help a person accused of murder escape.

The entire country will also move into the less restrictive “traffic light” system – whether or not the Government’s 90 per cent vaccination target is reached.

Tony Ellis has been dismissed by the gunman, who killed 51 people and injured scores more but now claims he pleaded guilty under duress.

There are currently 88 people with the virus in hospital, with an average age of 51.

A wooden spoon, jandal and shoe were used in the assaults which a judge said had to be denounced.

Hone Harawira says relaxing Auckland's border will see Covid-19 spread into Northland, devastating Tai Tokerau's under-resourced communities.

A paper used to incorrectly link Covid-19 vaccination to miscarriages will be withdrawn by a University of Auckland academic, after he was rebuked by members of his own department.

A body believed to be missing Alexandra man Wayne Hammond has been found in the Clutha River.

House well ablaze on main road between Ranfurly and Patearoa in Otago.

Emergency services were called to the empty house, in the Kāpiti Coast town of Paraparaumu, on Wednesday evening.

The local board agreed they would not advocate for the island to be open for visitors before the new traffic light framework takes effect.

The three children attend a school in Woolston and have been moved to MIQ in Christchurch after their mother tested positive for Covid-19.

Business owners say they are eager to get moving with the new Covid traffic light system, despite still getting to grips with how it will work.

Portia Deluen, 14, died while enjoying a day swimming with friends at one of Auckland's west coast beaches.

Great Barrier has no hospital and a helicopter would be needed to transport Covid patients – but fewer than four in five have had their first dose.

Most travellers to the South Island will soon need to be double vaccinated or have a negative Covid-19 test result if they want to get in.