A Wellington city councillor fears a group occupying a bay on Miramar Peninsula could cause an ecological crisis and wants them to go home.

Andris Apse is one of New Zealand's greatest landscape photographers, yet his own story reminds us life can sometimes match the beauty and strangeness of our finest art. Frank Film has his story.

A grieving mother says Auckland Transport needs to do more to keep cyclists safe after two deaths in the past two months.

Retailers report thefts are getting more aggressive, as Auckland has been hit by a series of ram raids in the last fortnight - one involving an 11-year-old driver

There have been 7592 new community cases of Covid-19 reported today, with 640 in hospital and 11 further deaths taking Aotearoa's death toll to 500.

Firefighters are warning a fire that has been devastating conservation land could flare up and spread with more windy, dry conditions on the way.

Scientists have been puzzled by the discovery of an ancient bird with unique features near St Bathans in Central Otago.

An appeal by convicted drug smuggler Karel Šroubek against his deportation will be heard this week.

The Security Intelligence Service was calling the LynnMall knife attacker a terrorist for years, at the same time as courts were hearing he was a high, medium or even low-risk threat.

Police say there are now 90 demonstrators outside the former Marsden Point refinery, but they remain peaceful.

Severe gales and heavy rain are expected to hit the northern and eastern North Island from tomorrow as Cyclone Fili approaches the North Island.

A stolen vehicle was found at the scene in Queen Street and a second vehicle was located nearby, police said.

Trade training is booming with thousands more people signing up for apprenticeships since the pandemic began.

As the goverment considers this week whether to lower the country's traffic light settings, epidemiologist Michael Baker says the orange level should be changed to make indoor areas safer.

All tents have been removed from Dunedin's Octagon, hours before the deadline for a group of anti-mandate protesters who have been there for two months to leave.

Contractors are busy doing earthworks to form the contours for a new coastal park in Nelson, which is expected to be complete before next summer.

Hawke's Bay has consistently had one of the highest, if not the highest Covid-19 hospitalisation rates of any area in the country over recent weeks.

Officers were flagged down in Heaphy Terrace about 11am on Saturday by the occupants of a vehicle who requested assistance with the girl.