But the lawyer for a man accused of murder in China is seeking an undertaking that the man won't be surrendered while other legal challenges continue.

About a third of the capital's pipes are made from asbestos concrete, but authorities say there is no need to panic about new study findings.

Westpac says central bank is signalling 'earlier, rather than more' monetary tightening.

The Covid minister backtracked after giving incorrect information on mask rules, before discussing how the rules impacted dance floor "pashing".

And a nationwide programme about consent education - delivered to more than 400 schools - will be discontinued at the end of 2022.

A slow chase continued through the North Shore and Western Springs even after police spiked a stolen vehicle driven by an alleged arsonist.

The back-country road between St Arnaud and Hanmer Springs will open for a short time from Easter Friday.

“If you are ever up in Auckland, we'd love to take you for a spin,” says the handwritten note from Tesla NZ.

A man, 36, and a woman, 30, were arrested in Manurewa today and charged with murder.

A 37-year-old man has been arrested after a cache of illegally imported firearms and class A drugs were seized in Auckland.

Kenneth McIntyre has been sentenced to five months' home detention for environmental offending in what's believed to be a first for Waikato.

The phones at one of the busiest buffets in the country would not stop ringing on Wednesday after the Government announced the nationwide move to the orange traffic light setting.

Some East Coast residents face a night without power, with slips preventing some crews from getting in to restore it.

Professor Shane Cronin says all the coral was blasted off by the January eruption, but barnacles and little schools of fish are returning.

The protesters want to stop the decommissioning of the refinery at Northland's Marsden Point, but they also don't want to upset locals.

A police spokeswoman wouldn't confirm if the burglary was linked to the ram raid of a high-end fashion retailer several days earlier.

The move to orange has been widely welcomed by those in the hospitality industry, who say they have been pushed to their limit to try and survive through the red setting restrictions.

A maximum fare has been set at $9.50, and the route will run from Wellington Station, along the city’s golden mile, through Kilbirine to the airport.

For two days, Auckland Museum staff have been piecing together “Peter the T Rex”, a recently discovered dinosaur making his world debut on April 15.

Former Black Stick Shane Mcleod spent Wednesday afternoon sharing his knowledge with young hockey athletes at New Plymouth Boys High School.