Two people with Covid have died over the past 48 hours, with 105 new community cases and 5 people in ICU.

Three people are in hospital with moderate injuries after a crash on the southbound side of Pioneer Highway in Palmerston North.

New Covid-19 locations of interest have been identified in holiday hotspots in the North Island, including a beach holiday park, and several adult clubs in Auckland.

Joshua Wayne Hartner, 17, died after being hit by a vehicle in the early hours of New Year's Day in Omaha.

A complaint was laid with police, but the rider claimed his actions weren't illegal as the road has not formally been designated a state highway.

Firefighters requested a helicopter to help tackle scrub fire but it was unable to attend because night was falling.

Mysterious threats and new evidence emerges as Stuff delves into the previously sealed police files on the theft of two invaluable Māori portraits.

'Serious concerns' for missing Queenstown woman not seen since New Year's Eve.

Power lines down and road blocked after Waikato crash

The man is in hospital with his fiancee at his side after being seriously injured when he was “ejected” from the basket, caught in a rope and dragged along the ground.

A 12-year-old boy who was missing from his Lower Hutt home has been found, police say.

Formal identification is yet to take place, but police believe it to be a refugee from Myanmar who went missing on December 29.

A woman is in serious condition after a shooting in Palmerston North earlier this evening.

Two swimmers, both related, have died in the same part on the river that claimed the lives of a woman and child just last week.

Detectives have spent a second full day at a Christchurch property after a three-month-old baby was seriously injured on New Year's Eve.

Health warning issued after high levels of faecal bacteria found in Canterbury's Selwyn River.

A pilot was 'conscious and breathing' after being rescued from his helicopter when it crashed in the small West Coast township of Karamea.

Roxburgh, with 32.5C, has just topped Lower Hutt (32.3C) for the national high – and Monday will be another sunny one.

The incident controller said on Sunday evening the fire remained within containment lines.

Spots of blood were visible on the pavement and in the road outside a property in a Christchurch suburb.