This is the strange tale of the Covid-19 graph with 'no data', and the Ministry of Health’s stubborn refusal to admit its mistake.

Canterbury's emergency services have been kept busy on Saturday, attending to three separate serious crashes all within about 30 minutes.

A pedestrian was hit and killed by a car in central Wellington early on Saturday morning. Police want to hear from any witnesses.

Covid mandate protests outside Parliament continue to frustrate businesses as they drag into fifth day.

Drivers of high-sided vehicles and motorcyclists are encouraged to avoid the bridge and use the Western Ring on State Highways 16 and 18, with strong winds of up to 130kmh forecast from Sunday morning.

Former television personality "The Lion Man" is threatening a Northland big cat park with legal action.

ANALYSIS: The occupation at Parliament has been driven by a chaotic swirl of contradictory ideas, which some participants have openly struggled to reconcile.

The Transport Minister says discussions with parties involved in building the road have been “extraordinarily difficult” and that he hoped the road would open this year.

Every step will be painful but Temel Atacocugu is determined to reclaim the journey a terrorist took on his way to the Christchurch mosque attacks for peace.

New machines to help aerate sewage at the Christchurch plant should mean the stench wafting over parts of the city is gone by mid-April.

The SDHB says positive Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in Invercargill and Gore.

Davina Sully “scaled mountains” to see her younger sister before her death, but in the end, she missed it by six hours.

A witness said a car appeared to be facing the wrong way on the motorway, with a trail of flames following the vehicle.

Severe weather warnings are in place from Northland to Christchurch as the ex-cyclone heads to NZ, with Auckland facing strong winds that could force Harbour Bridge to close.

Loud music, including the work of Barry Manilow and the 1990s earworm Macarena, is the latest deterrent launched at the anti-vaccine mandate protesters at parliament in Wellington.

The winning ticket was sold online through MyLotto to a Wellington player.

Some of the prisoners are "mildly symptomatic" and are being looked after by nursing staff.

The search is over for a pregnant mum who made a desperate plea for housing after she and her family were evicted from their home of six years.

Fire and Emergency have contained a large fire at a Te Rapa wood chipping equipment business.

Marokopa locals, 35km from Waitomo, were caught off guard when significantly heavy rain continued into the early hours causing flooding to most of the village.