Those returning from Australia will get to bypass MIQ even earlier, starting from January 17.

It was the third time in five years that Kelsi Anne Sherriff had been before the court on charges involving methamphetamine dealing.

Thousands of families will still be apart at Christmas, with plans to let vaccinated New Zealanders self-isolate not starting until mid-January.

The object that crashed through the front and rear windscreens of a van in Manawatū might not have been so much a “what” as a Y - a metal letter Y.

Air NZ is one of many in the tourism industry calling for reopening plans to be brought forward.

Two Hamilton women charged in relation to their participation in a slow-moving anti-government protest motorcade have made first appearances.

Groups of health professionals and teachers challenging the vaccine mandate are told to take the usual appeal route through the Court of Appeal.

The Coral Princess can accommodate up to 2000 guests, and the cost of staying in a balcony stateroom will start from NZ$43,159 per person.

A man is in hospital with multiple injuries after armed police responded to an incident in Glen Eden, Auckland.

Once a godsend for pāua and crayfish stocks, Te Angiangi on the Hawke's Bay coast has become a target for illegal fishing.

Small businesses could go to the wall over four weeks of pay they must give to workers who won't get a Covid-19 vaccination, the National leader says.

Elijah Millett, 17, was “aiming for the head and upper torso” when he repeatedly stabbed a police officer during a family violence incident in March.

Auckland leaders are ready to prosecute if they catch those responsible for the damage.

The court has heard how 22-year-old Bram Willems turned his back on cannabis and friends who were using him in the year before he died.

Queenstown man Stephen Andrew Bowler, 30, died in a rafting incident on a river near Lake Wakatipu on Monday. It's reportedly the first packrafting fatality in New Zealand.

National leader Judith Collins has stripped Simon Bridges of his roles over a complaint about alleged comments "made to a female caucus colleague at a function a number of years ago".

Speaker Trevor Mallard has lashed the Labour Government for its urgent passing of Covid-19 “traffic light system” legislation, though he has allowed the law to pass.

The second Covid-19 dose is crucial to boosting antibody levels, but one in 500 eligible people are late to get double-dosed.

Leading sports groups left scrambling after border and isolation decisions from Government.

Experts say the rules the Government has put in place for returnees when borders reopen, will help reduce the risk of new Covid-19 outbreaks.