Violence against hospital workers is a widespread problem, but there has been little effort to address it, a nurses' union says.

New Zealand Rugby's just released report into the culture of the Black Ferns national women's team is damning, but sadly all too familiar.

The Māori Authority is calling for an investigation after white supremacist pamphlets appeared in Tauranga.

There won't be a fight over electricity to power green hydrogen in Southland, a Fortescue Future Industries director says.

The French and New Zealand organisations representing veterans of the armed services have agreed to help one another's members.

A group of researchers from New Zealand at Scott Base have had a rare sighting of Arnoux's beaked whales.

There are 11,063 new community cases of Covid-19 today and 16 further deaths to report.

Friends of a rising MMA fighter and father killed in a one punch attack want much tougher minimum sentences.

GNS Science says the sustained nature of volcanic unrest on Mount Ruapehu differs from those typically seen during the start of a heating phase and could indicate the possibility of an eruption.

The majority of high country station Dunstan Downs across Canterbury and Otago is set to be preserved for conservation.

A leading human rights lawyer has been selected to lead the independent Inquiry into Historical Abuse at Dilworth School.

MidCentral District Health Board is offering a $20 grocery voucher to people who return its pulse oximeters.

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says rates are coming down.

MetService has upgraded its rain warning to red for the Wairoa District and Gisborne as Cyclone Fili closes in.

Daniel Havili, who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of rising MMA fighter Fau Vake in a late night attack in Auckland has been jailed for two years and nine months.

A 64-year-old man recently reported missing on the West Coast, has been found dead.

Almost all road building bitumen is being taken over by the Transport Agency, which believes it's being ripped off by suppliers.

Commander of Joint Forces Jim Gilmour says he's confident New Zealand's Hercules fleet will be up to the task as 50 Defence Force personnel deploy to Europe.