Over 500 of the hospital cases are in the Auckland region alone, while 19 people are in either ICU or HD around New Zealand.

Every day Vitaly Pitchtin sends a morning text message from Auckland to family and friends in Ukraine, asking the question 'are you still alive?'

Poull Anderson had 22 pellets removed from his body after being shot in Auckland CBD on Saturday.

An entertainer facing drug and money laundering charges after a worldwide crackdown wants to keep his name secret to protect his career.

Personal property seized from the protest site was found to be contaminated with human waste, dirt and hay.

A total of eight bodies have been captured on images taken from borehole cameras, with the borehole drilling operation now complete.

A neglected guinea pig had such a long coat when he was rescued from an Auckland property, an SPCA inspector couldn't tell what he was.

Police are investigating after a body was found at a rural property near Nelson early on Wednesday morning.

The self-isolation period for people with Covid–19, and household contacts, has been shortened from 10 to seven days as of midnight on Friday.

The advice follows a High Court ruling that vaccine mandates for Police and Defence Force workers is unlawful.

Rena Maloney was crying and "carrying on like a drunk teenager” when she told her partner’s friends he was at a mate's house "on a bender".

Nicola Willis is keen for the public service watchdog to reopen a probe into the Government's housing arm, but the email in question was already seen.

Talley's subsidiary Amaltal was found guilty on 14 charges for bottom-trawling in a protected marine area in the Tasman Sea.

The plant's seeds and oil act as anti-inflammatories and pain relief, Canterbury company Brothers Green claims - and no, they won't get you high.

A jeweller has been left to pick up the pieces after thieves stole all his display items and left smashed glass littered across his store.

Meena Prasad went back into her burning house to save her mother-in-law, but died from smoke inhalation in a bedroom.

This time last year, Nikki Prier was looking for a new house. Now, she and her son are once again in the rental dog box. "Obviously, they didn't want a tenant with a pet."

Philip Macalister visited the bach last month, to scatter his mother’s ashes where his father’s went, copy some old family photographs, and say a final farewell.

Parliament has allowed the Government to directly sanction Russia for invading Ukraine, and marked a “significant” shift in New Zealand's foreign policy.

The fire, which threatened to close Canterbury's SH73, spread to an area equivalent to 20 international rugby fields.