A Waikanae resident says the traffic has been the worst he's seen in a decade.

A Ukrainian family embarked on a dangerous journey through Russia in a desperate attempt to update an expired passport so a grandather can come to New Zealand.

More than a century since Edmund Aitkenhead was hurriedly buried in New Plymouth’s Te Henui Cemetery, he has finally been given a headstone.

The latest arrests this week bring the total number of people charged in the Wellington police operation to 18.

The National Party wants to understand the scope of an investigation into the Parliament occupation, with questions raised over how much ministers knew.

Police say they're working on restoring pre-Covid levels of law and order to downtown Auckland, but the area commander can't say when it'll happen.

"When you are signalled to stop by police, just stop ... It's not worth someone being injured, or worse, losing a life.”

Local photographer Sean Gillespie was there to capture the moment the dolphins dashed across the harbour. “We seem to be getting more and more visits which indicates our harbour is in a healthy state,” he says.

Disabled children were sent to Marylands because it was “a good school for children who had problems”. But that couldn’t have been further from the truth.

Fifty-six Taranaki tamariki have been vaccinated against Covid-19 with expired vaccine.

Founding pastor John Cameron said he was “broken and devastated" by the stories that had been shared by interns.

A helicopter has been sent to help a man crushed between a truck and a shed.

One person is dead and another is critically injured after a crash on Kingston Rd near Queenstown.

Matt Sturgess' hobby of building guitars began about four years ago, after he rewired and repaired one for a friend. After the death of his wife, it became his therapy.

The 18m San Rosa had been drifting off the East Cape since its owners were rescued from it last Saturday.

Sean Rush intially refused to say if the anonymous profile, often used praise his decision-making, was his. But he now accepts it was poor judgement.

Three people were taken to hospital after the accident, one with minor injuries, one with moderate injuries and one with serious injuries.

Three helicopters were sent to the scene, with two people flown to hospital with serious and moderate injuries.

A couple running a Wairarapa hair salon wanted to buy the building they operated from for what they said was an agreed value. The owner, and the judge, said it wasn't.

Traffic has cleared and congestion eased in north Auckland, after being almost at a standstill this afternoon.