New Zealand Top Stories
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 07:42:33 GMTCovid-19 NZ: End of MIQ provides certainty for Warriors to get home, wait to play there set to continue
Peace of mind they can get home without MIQ at season's end great news for Warriors but June home game looking unlikely.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 07:32:46 GMTHurricanes vs Blues clash moves to Wellington as teams prepare for Queenstown bubble
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck's first rugby match since his switch will now be at Wellington's Rugby League Park, behind closed doors.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 07:28:27 GMTPolice ask for sightings of vehicles, people as inquiries continue into Invercargill shooting
Police are asking for information on any people or vehicles seen in the area about the time two teenagers were shot in Invercargill.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 06:37:16 GMTWhoopsy daisy: 'Platinum Jubbly' misprint features on Queen's royal memorabilia
Thousands of tea cups, mugs and plates have been printed with “Platinum Jubbly” on them ahead of the Queen’s 70th year on the throne.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 06:21:02 GMTCovid-19: Locations of interest in the Delta and Omicron outbreaks – February 3
Anyone seated in the front four rows of flight JQ259 from Auckland to Wellington on February 1 is deemed a close contact of a Covid case.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 06:20:00 GMTMoonfall, Uncharted, Belfast, Death on the Nile among February's must see movies
Roland Emmerich delivers another disaster flick, Branagh brings Poirot back for more murder and Spidey is joined by Marky Mark for a new actioner.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 06:14:15 GMTBorder self-isolation may be too 'leaky' and hurt Māori, experts say
Health experts are concerned lax self-isolation measures for overseas arrivals after the border reopens could result in a rapid escalation of Omicron cases.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 06:10:00 GMTJack Reacher at 10: When one mission was too impossible - even for Tom Cruise
REVIEW: Ahead of the character's "reimagining" in an Amazon TV series this weekend, we remember how a megastar turned him into The Littlest Hobo.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 06:04:22 GMTWaka Kotahi accuses Hawke's Bay leaders of putting efficiency ahead of lives
The transport agency executive's remarks did not sit well with Hawke's Bay leaders.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 06:02:48 GMTPolice release name of tramper whose body was found on West Coast
Ian Michael Harvey’s body was recovered by a search and rescue team in the Mt Adams wilderness area, south of Harihari, on Tuesday morning.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 05:55:19 GMTCovid-19: Universities move to online learning for semester 1 as Omicron looms
Auckland Uni is moving all its learning online until mid-semester, while Otago is doing the same for lectures to slow Covid-19's spread.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 05:52:11 GMTNew Zealand 'back in business' with return of international students, but will lag behind rival countries
Borders will finally reopen, but New Zealand will be playing catch-up to attract lucrative international students.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 05:46:58 GMTCovid-19: MIQ announcement too little too late for some
She watched her brother's tangi alone in an MIQ room. Now Victoria Hemmingston hopes no one will go through the same trauma.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 05:35:17 GMTSouthland mother ecstatic to be able to see daughter when borders reopen
Southland mum Jo O’Conner is ecstatic to hear she will be able to see her daughter again after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced New Zealand borders would begin reopening from the end of February.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 05:32:07 GMTThree waters reform: Divisions widen among Hamilton politicians
Dissatisfaction with the Government's proposed super entities model was one of the few things Hamilton councillors could agree on.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 05:30:28 GMTChristchurch's latest cycleway gets the green light with a $11.5m price tag
The latest cycleway to be approved in Christchurch will link four suburbs, but will lead to about 340 popular parks being taken away.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 05:30:00 GMTWinter Olympics: Finn Bilous, Alice Robinson named New Zealand's flagbearers for opening ceremony
Finn Bilous and Alice Robinson, one of NZ's best medal prospects in Beijing, will wave the New Zealand flag at Friday's ceremony to begin the Winter Olympics.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 05:24:27 GMTBorder reopening plan welcome, but 'too cautious and too slow' for some
Primary industry workers will arrive too late for this season, while tourism without self-isolation is wanted soon.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 05:23:17 GMTTwelve students Covid positive after St Paul's Collegiate, Hamilton, camp
One of the Hamilton secondary students got a test because they had been at Soundsplash before attending the three-day school camp.
Thu, 03 Feb 2022 05:18:06 GMTHouses doused, forestry workers evacuated in two separate Waikato vegetation fires
Two large out-of-control fires are burning in the Waikato and four helicopters have been called in to assist.