As many as half the country's GP clinics are not enrolling new patients, and others are asking people to wait weeks for an appointment.

The Ministry of Health did not equitably meet the needs of Māori, Pacific and other vulnerable populations during the Delta outbreak, a review has found.

The Director-General of Health has briefed media on how well the country has responded to the Omicron outbreak.

A damning independent review has found ACC's privacy policies are outdated, have gaps and are poorly understood by staff.

One person has been injured and a school has been placed in lockdown because of an incident in Taupiri, police say.

The country's troubled cycleway building programme faces tough choices as Waka Kotahi documents show details of blowouts and mistakes, including a million-dollar "clerical error".

The Ministry of Health failed to properly estimate the Covid-19 PCR testing capacity of the country's laboratories before they were swamped by the surge of Omicron cases, an external review has found.

There are 6133 new Covid-19 cases in the community and 23 further deaths being reported today.

Student side-hustles are on the rise, with markets to sell handmade products being held in backyards, unused warehouses and on university campuses across the country.

A woman abused at home and in foster care says all she really wants is for people to hear her story and that her abuse never happens again to any other child.

Buller residents are relieved there was no repeat overnight of the high seas that sent water surging into some properties yesterday.

A new petition is calling for faster action to make the main street more pedestrian friendly.

A school in Napier is telling all its pupils to stay home because there is so much sickness.

Teachers were starting to leave their jobs to go overseas but the traditional supply of foreign teachers had not yet resumed, principals told RNZ.

One of the biggest snowfalls in more than a generation has led to smiles and groans in the Queenstown Lakes area.

Police say they've made progress in building "trust and confidence" with gun owners.

A BP service station in east Auckland was ram raided overnight.

Wild weather has caused flooding, road and bridge closures, schools to shut for the day, and snow to low levels - and MetService warns it is not over yet.