A unification process has started between Mau Whenua and the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust over land at Wellington's Shelly Bay.

'Rest in love boys,' say messages as community mourns four teenagers, three 16 and one 17, killed in yesterday's crash in Invercargill.

The New Zealand Disability Support Network says disabled people were forgotten about in the Covid-19 response, after a Human Rights Commission inquiry found their wellbeing was put at risk.

There have been 7930 cases of Covid-19 reported today and 19 new deaths, including two under nine years old, as well as the first case of the Omicron XE variant in New Zealand.

The lack of places to race safely could be one of the reasons dirt-bike street rides are happening in Auckland, a biker club president says.

Greypower's Horowhenua president is disappointed a teenager jailed for the manslaughter of Grace Virtue will be released on parole next month.

Auckland police are monitoring any dangerous driving or anti-social behaviour as a gang holds a convention this weekend.

Six people have so far died on New Zealand's roads this Anzac weekend, including four teenagers who were killed in a crash yesterday afternoon.

Seven people have been arrested and a firearm recovered, after two people were critically injured in firearms-related incidents in Wellington this morning.

A homicide inquiry has been launched after a man was fatally stabbed in Invercargill overnight.

The Returned and Services Association says the public is welcome to attend the Anzac Day dawn service at Auckland Museum on Monday.

Northland hospitals are full and short-staffed, as the region expects more visitors and therefore more demand over the long weekend.

A Cantabrian World War II hero well-known overseas is being recognised at home this Anzac Weekend.

The mystery of a blue 2018 Suzuki Swift car apparently abandoned at the New Plymouth Airport carpark for two years has been resolved.

A lawyer representing the whānau of a Taranaki man shot and killed by police says their statements about the incident are insensitive.

Police say "multiple people" are dead after a crash in Invercargill this afternoon.

A new state-of-the-art machine that sorts and shreds electronic waste like mobile phones, light bulbs, flat screen TVs has started operation in Auckland.

An iwi has re-created the trenches and a fortified pā to help tell the true story of the Battle of Rangiriri in November, 1863.