The shovels have yet to come out and the design is not yet confirmed, but $2.2m has already been sunk into a controversial Christchurch cycleway.

Four people were taken to hospital following a group fight on Princes Wharf in the early hours of Sunday morning.

One person died in a serious crash on Happy Valley Road in Ōwhiro Bay, Wellington, on Sunday morning.

Commentators call him "Cuddles Coster", and frontline officers have nicknamed him "The Lantern". Who is Andrew Coster, the man struggling to deal with the Parliament protests?

The first of the apartment “villages” is under construction in Auckland's Point England.

They began the year grieving on the river's edge. Now they are leading their children into water, facing fears and learning from loss.

A body has been discovered on a Wellington beach.

Rescuers responded after a kayaker with a medical condition got into trouble in the Ashley River gorge.

Recent downpours bought frowns to crop farmers and smiles to those in the Wairarapa hills.

The cause of the fatal crash, in Rongotea, is being investigated.

DOC and Tūhoe couldn't agree on a maintenance and funding plan. In the meantime, facilities deteriorated.

A petition against the Wellington protesters has more than 95,000 supporters, while a new social media campaign also launched on Sunday.

Police remain concerned about possible Covid-spreading events as Dunedin students continue to congregate in large numbers.

Anyone abusing or intimidating members of the public should expect to be arrested, removed and face charges, a police statement released on Sunday said.

If authorities do not act to remove protesters the city’s student reputation could be threatened, Victoria University's student association warns.

A prisoner who fled Rimutaka Prison has been arrested two days after he escaped in a stolen van.

People waited 2.5 hours to get a Covid-19 test in Christchurch on Sunday and one centre stayed open two hours after closing time to clear the backlog.

There are 2522 new cases reported in the community on Sunday, as well as 100 people in hospital with Covid-19.

Two flights between Auckland and Wellington and several Auckland CBD bar and eateries are the latest locations of interest.

From Monday, Aucklanders getting a Covid-19 test may be given a RAT test to do at home, rather than a PCR test.