Police have charged a 65-year-old man with murder after a body was located in Waipoua Forest, Northland, this afternoon.

A Wellington school has called police in after two instances of racist graffiti in the toilets. The vandalism has been removed, but some students are worried it will happen again.

Food waste reduction advocates are welcoming plans to kick food scraps to the kerb - and save them from landfill.

Concern is growing a new public health crisis could arise if the rates for meningococcal disease vaccinations do not increase rapidly.

The country's car fleet is getting heavier. Here's what that means for emissions - and safety ratings.

The professional firefighters union says staffing in the city has reached crisis point - but Fire and Emergency is defending its coverage across Tāmaki Makaurau.

Bottle-O and Vodafone stores in Takanini were ram raided early on Tuesday.

A ward at Hawke's Bay Hospital is in lockdown to prevent the spread of norovirus.

One person is injured and Tawa College spent part of Tuesday afternoon in lockdown following what police are calling an 'incident'.

Hutt Hospital is to clear one of its main buildings containing critical services because it is an earthquake risk.

Another eight people have died while 9843 new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in the community, the Ministry of Health says.

Later this year, motorists travelling over Mt Messenger on State Highway 3 in Taranaki could get a fleeting glimpse of 20-tonne digger seemingly flying through mid-air.

The road to discounting electric cars for low-income families is likely to be bumpy, some in the industry are warning.

Cycling New Zealand wants traumatised athletes to come forward after an investigation found ongoing issues within the high performance programme.

A group of five people out fishing have been snapped with almost 10 times the daily snapper limit.

The general manager of Enliven Central, which runs 14 resthomes across the North Island, said they were desperate for nurses but were not getting applications through traditional advertising.

The second of the country's two naval frigates is due to leave Canada, eight years after an upgrade project began.

Labour promised at the election to expand the mental health support to all New Zealand schools, saying it would take five years to roll out.