A man with Covid-19 had to be rescued after he got into trouble at Auckland's Bethells Beach yesterday.

A child who was sexually abused by a volunteer firefighter is only the latest of many to be let down by Fire and Emergency's complaints process, an advocate says.

Four people have been arrested at the anti-mandate protest on Parliament grounds since yesterday, including one man who has been charged with possessing an offensive weapon, police say.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says from 11.59pm on 2 March vaccinated travellers will no longer need to self-isolate.

Rangitīkei District mayor Andy Watson has apologised to former patients of the Lake Alice psychiatric hospital near Marton.

For the past four days, Yuriy Ackermann's scared friends have been sheltering in a dark underground car park in Kyiv with their 13-year-old daughter.

South Pacific Helicopters marketing and partnerships manager Krissy Griggs says international holidaymakers amount to at least 90 percent of the tourism business in Kaikōura.

As New Zealand marks two years of living with Covid-19, there are 14,633 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today, the Ministry of Health reports.

A fifth of Queenstown-Lakes residents surveyed reported their mental health was poor or very poor.

A regional council has decided to allow public input into a proposed waste-to-energy plant's resource consent application in the Manawatū town of Feilding.

Temel Atacocugu who was shot nine times hopes to arrive in Christchurch on the third anniversary of the attacks that claimed 51 lives.

No decision has been made whether to trespass anti-vaccination madate protesters camped on reserve land in New Plymouth.

The Ministry for the Environment is considering creating a national database and fund to protect vulnerable old landfill sites.

Police will have to consider what work returning officers do as some stood down over vaccine mandates may have been protesters at Parliament, the police association says.

There are still no arrests over the shooting of two teenagers in Invercargill a month on.

The Motor Trade Association says Waka Kotahi needs to do more to improve the state of vehicles on New Zealand's roads.

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says council has trespass orders "ready to go" as Auckland Domain remains closed to vehicles due to a small number of protesters refusing to leave.

With thousands of new cases of Covid-19 emerging in the community everyday, there are concerns about what the surge is going to do to the already-stretched healthcare system.