Mayors responding to a new report on sea level rise say their councils have already been working on the issue - and there will be implications for building houses and infrastructure near the ocean.

Sulphurous gases including one known as "swamp gas" have been detected in specialist air quality tests around Christchurch's burnt-out wastewater treatment plant, but council chiefs insist there is no danger to people's health.

Re-united couples are among many travellers making the most of their time together now that quarantine-free travel to Aotearoa is open after more than two years.

A period of heightened unrest continues for Mt Ruapehu, with continued high levels of volcanic gas emissions and strong tremor, GNS Science says.

Authorities are in a race against time to save one of Auckland's most iconic waterfront areas and transport routes, with Tāmaki Drive at the forefront of grim new predictions about sea level rise.

Kiwibank has set up a new system to streamline an alternative home ownership model, aiming to make it easier to go in on a house with friends or family.

Marlborough mayor John Leggett says the convoluted design makes no sense and he questions how it would deliver better quality drinking water and better environmental outcomes.

A new website designed to show how New Zealand's coastline will be affected by rising sea levels and land subsidence, has been hit by a cyber attack.

There are seven deaths reported today and 6636 new community cases, with 480 people in hospital and 12 in ICU.

The family of a man who died in a suspected suicide at Palmerston North Hospital eight years ago are boycotting a coronial inquest later this month. Shaun Gray's family say it's because they can not question a key witness.

New Zealand cannot afford to put back everything that will be damaged by rising sea levels, the Climate Change Commissioner says, as new data shows an earlier risk of inundation than expected.

Hundreds of quarantine-free travellers have arrived from the United States for the first time in more than two years.

The Aotearoa History Show is back diving deep into key issues, events and characters that helped shaped our country. We start season two burrowing into the story of rabbits and other pests.

In Wellington and the Hutt Valley region one provider is warning public hospital beds are scarce and people who need high levels of care are being moved between rest homes or into public hospitals, when there is space available.

A protester has allegedly been arrested after about 30 activists stopped operations at Takitimu coal mine in Southland.

The BA.4 Omicron variant has arrived in New Zealand from South Africa - but that is expected, and there is no evidence it is more transmissible or severe than other variants.

A police helicopter followed a vehicle across Auckland city last night, after an incident that left one person with a head injury.

Police say four people, including an infant, have died in a Bay of Plenty crash involving two vehicles.