Auckland District Health Board reached 90 per cent of people aged over 12 fully vaccinated on Friday afternoon.

Mental Health Foundation CEO says police figures showing half of mental health-related call-outs weren't attended is an indictment of the system.

Child sex offender said his collection of hundreds of offensive pictures and videos was due to lockdown boredom.

The deal would involve redeveloping old police stations and building new infrastructure for the police service.

Eru Patuwai had become a father just five weeks before he died in a collision in south Auckland.

Cindy Li, 70, was last seen 10 days ago in Sandringham, Auckland.

A driver who allegedly tried to bait police into a pursuit handed himself in after being cornered by an officer and their canine sidekick.

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The two drivers were travelling side by side and appeared to be encouraging each other before one clipped the other and spun out, police say.

The man had 8719 images and videos of child exploitation material in his possession, including 3250 in the worst category.

Bailee White got cancer, then got pregnant against the odds. Just as life was looking up, partner Hamish Robertson nearly died in a car wreck.

A near-total lunar eclipse on Friday night caused the phenomenon.

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Mongrel Mob member Kevin Ratana planned a more peaceful life away from the Black Power but he died with a firearm in his hand, the jury was told.

Police notified about dog attack near Manapouri in the South Island at about 7.10pm.

More volunteers are urgently needed in Auckland this weekend to help give out 200 food parcels to people in "dire situations".

Paramedics transported all four injured people to hospital.

A health expert has warned that in an area with lower vaccination coverage, Covid-19 would spread faster, meaning more hospitalisations and possibly more deaths.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited a pop-up vaccination clinic in Christchurch on Friday, in an area where Māori vaccination rates remain stubbornly low.

Te Rarawa iwi determined to continue fight for the return of land which once belonged to their ancestral chief Toakai.