For the first time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Auckland does not have the most new daily community cases reported today.

A man has been charged with murder in relation to the death of a woman in Christchurch.

Police are monitoring a number of gang movements this weekend on roads across the Auckland region.

There have been 13,636 new community cases since the last Health Ministry update two days ago, with 30 further deaths reported.

Wellington's new Transmission Gully highway is proving popular over Easter.

Charities are dealing with a surge in requests for help as pandemic pressures and increased housing costs begin to bite.

The nurse, who has permanent name suppression, is required to tell future employers about her misconduct.

Emergency services attended the fire in the suburb of Kensington shortly after 10pm.

A new drinking water pipeline has been confirmed for the Canterbury town of Springfield.

More funding has been announced for parts of Banks Peninsula affected by severe flooding last December.

BNZ said it was investigating a systems issue that affectrf online banking and some transactions.

One person has died and another has been critically injured in a crash near Queenstown.

An 18-year-old is being sought in connection with an Auckland shooting last month.

Thousands of New Zealand kids will enjoy Easter egg hunts this weekend without knowing that many of those treats were produced by other children working in the most punishing conditions.

A new round of budget cuts are on the cards as Auckland Council grapples with a $900 million fall in revenue due to Covid-19 and a blow out in transport costs.

An animal rights organisation says Sir Mark Todd's hitting a horse with a tree branch nine times amounts to cruelty, and a four-month ban is a slap on the wrist.

A new device aimed to make a Nelson beach more accessible will debut this Easter.

More New Zealanders have been parking the road trip plans and using pedal power instead.