A Wellington City councillor who lives near the area of an inner city shooting in the capital says there may need to be talks with gang leaders.

The Dawn Service has been held at Anzac Cove at Gallipoli in Turkey. It is the first service to be held in three years due to the pandemic.

Sealord is calling for a ban on fishing at most undersea mountains in New Zealand's economic zone.

A 26-year-old man has been charged with murdering Chad Parekura, who was fatally stabbed in Invercargill on Saturday.

Thousands have turned out for Anzac Day services and commemorations around the country - here's the day in photos.

There have been 10 deaths and 5690 new community cases of Covid-19 in the country in the latest reporting period, the Ministry of Health says.

World War II aircraft flew over towns and cities as part of Anzac commemorations, while the governor-general paid tribute to the last remaining member of the 28th Māori Battalion.

A person has died during the loading of coal onto a ship at Lyttelton Port this morning.

Migrant parents who want to join their adult children as residents in New Zealand have longer to wait before a decision is made on restarting a long-shelved immigration programme.

A 25-year-old man who died in a double stabbing in Invercargill at the weekend had "turned his whole life around for his family".

Police are investigating an incident during which a firearm was discharged at a house in Te Atatū from outside the property in the early hours.

A man has died after getting into trouble at Piha beach west of Auckland this morning.

The New Zealand Defence Force is today marking 40 years since it began contributing to an international peacekeeping force on the Sinai Peninsula.

The story of New Zealand troops scaling a fortress to liberate a town from German forces in 1918 is still celebrated in Le Quesnoy, and now Weta are building a memorial.

The number of people who have died on the roads this Anzac weekend is now more than double last weekend's Easter's road toll.

Locals in Bluff are rallying round the families who lost their teenagers in a fatal collision between a ute and concrete truck on Friday.

A driver has died after a crash at the speedway in Palmerston North.

Police have released the name of the victim of a fatal stabbing in Invercargill yesterday.