He says the vessel's owner 'is guilty by association of his passport only', and is accusing British authorities of 'blatant racism'.

Serge Safonov is calling for the pro-Russian "Z" symbol to be banned.

OPINION: In this week's Points of Order, we find out what happened on the road some 50km north of Parliament, and learn about a chief adviser with an A4 mask.

Gary Brown has thrown his name into the ring for the mayoralty, with a vision to 'bring Auckland back to life'.

As a group of about 150 people sang along to Ukraine's national anthem in Wellington's Civic Square, across town anti-mandate protesters yelled through a megaphone about politicians and conspiracy theories.

Police were called to the accident on Hills Road, Otara at about 8.40pm Saturday evening.

Fire crew had to help occupants out of a vehicle that crashed on State Highway 3, south of Hāwera.

The items are believed to be more than 100 years old, and have been flushed out by heavy rain on the West Coast.

Our Defence Force is "underfunded and understaffed", meanwhile, threats from Russia and China loom.

Michael Yewen, 50, was last seen by family in Taupō on February 3, and police and his family hold concerns for his safety.

Set into a hedge on a quiet suburban street, there is a tap that never stops running - and a steady stream of people waiting to fill up.

New Zealand nurse Louisa Akavi was scared, and struggling to cope with her captivity, a US court hears.

Firefighters are monitoring a large vegetation fire in Southland and will send helicopters to fight the blaze early on Sunday.

The edited photo was posted to the strip club's Facebook page. Netsafe says it could breach the law.

In a town where 12-year-olds sell drugs on Broadway and the kuia and kaumātua are "scared to walk the streets", the community is fighting back against organised crime.

More than 7300 have signed a petition to keep owners of a busy Napier cafe in the country.

There are 11,560 cases, 678 in hospital and 23 deaths to report in the Covid-19 community outbreak on Saturday.

A large, under-control vegetation fire on a private rural property has made smoke plumes visible across the Kāpiti Coast.

A section of SH10 is closed following a fatal crash involving two vehicles on Saturday.

The Salk vaccine was successful in halting the incidence of which disease?