As Auckland police scramble to calm tensions and renegotiate a truce between rival gangs, residents fear of being shot at while they sleep.

The government's $350 cost-of-living bonus announced last week in Budget 22 was taken away today with the Central Bank's cash rate rise, according the Kiwi Bank's chief economist.

A remote-operated digger has started work on Christ Church Cathedral removing rubble from the historic building, which project managers are describing as a world first.

Residents of a northern Auckland street are up in arms about a Kāinga Ora development they fear could change the character of their neighbourhood.

The Court of Appeal has agreed to consider the issue of photographic evidence in Scott Watson's latest fight against his murder convictions.

A man found a venomous sea snake and instead of putting it back in the sea - put it in a water-filled plastic bag in which it later died.

A fundraiser for Ukraine is underway this week with "The Spirit of Freedom" - a screening of five Ukrainian short films by the Show Me Shorts Film Festival trust in collaboration with the Kyiv International Short Film Festival.

An Auckland man who hid meth in Covid-19 masks and sent them to the South Island during lockdown used his sister's bank details to avoid detection.

The country's largest salmon producer says it is being forced to close farms and let go of staff due to warmer water temperatures brought on by climate change.

The Ministry of Health is reporting the first case of Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1 in the community without a clear link to the border.

The cost of applying for an adult passport is going up by $8 today to $199, and by another $17 over the next two years.

As Covid-19 cases start to rise again, computational biologist David Welch wants to see mask restrictions tighten.

The Education Ministry has closed its Wellington head office because the building does not meet earthquake standards.

Police responded to seven shootings last night - four of them within an hour - in the suburbs of Ōtara, Papatoetoe, Flat Bush, Papakura, Te Atatū, Henderson and Mt Albert.

A fire investigator is accusing Fire and Emergency of trying to whitewash his inquiry into a firetruck breaking down.

Winter is closing in and Niwa is forecasting colder than average temperatures this week.

The nurse at a rural aged care home arrived for work on a Monday and didn't leave until the Wednesday night because they were so short staffed.

Mayor Phil Goff said innocent lives were at risk, while Manukau Ward councillor Alf Filipaina said a ceasefire between Killer Beez and Tribesmen was "obviously no longer in place".