Kurdish-Iranian writer and political refugee Behrouz Boochani says the refugees due to arrive in NZ from Australia and detention centres in Nauru need to be treated with respect.

Following the protest last weekend, police now say there have been a total of 13 arrests, with 21 charges laid along with 26 infringement notices.

Auckland police say the man they are seeking over a fatal knife attack in the suburb of Mt Albert this week is "extremely dangerous'" and should not be approached.

A former private investigator has been denied a discharge without conviction for her involvement in the Trelise Cooper robbery.

Police are appealing for sightings of Adrian Humphreys' vehicle travelling between Rotorua and Tāngarākau on 6 May - the day before his death.

Gloriavale's leaders have offered a public apology for failing to protect victims of labour exploitation and sexual abuse.

NASA's 2022 campaign in Wānaka has ended without a successful launch of its super pressure balloon.

An Australian-based fraudster has brought shame as well as a loss of mana and trust to his iwi after he conned the organisation out of more than $3 million.

The baby was taken to a medical centre on Monday but despite CPR, the baby died and a homicide investigation is now underway.

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has tested positive for Covid-19 while attending the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.

There are about 150 buildings in the capital with the same design flaw as the Education Ministry's head office, the council says.

Twenty-five people with Covid-19 have died and another 6862 community cases have been notified, the Ministry of Health says.

A second booster dose will be made available to more at-risk people with legislation adopted next month, the government has announced.

A coroner has released her findings into the death of a Queenstown man, more than four years after he died after being hit by a golf ball.

The trust supporting former members of the Gloriavale community is surprised a former Christian School principal has not been struck off the register for twice endorsing a teacher he knew had sexually assaulted a nine-year-old girl.

The red warnings were introduced in May 2019, and since then seven have been issued, with six in the last 12 months.

A man has been taken into custody after a firearms incident in Kapuka.

Some primary school principals want a return to compulsory face mask-wearing as they head into the colder months.